Dynamic Directory - May 9, 2025

Revised Stories in the past 30 days

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The Pacific - Robert Leckie
The Pacific - Robert Leckie

Robert Leckie and other U.S. Marines fight the Japanese during the Battle of Guadalcanal. It is a fearsome time for such young men.

Guadalcanal - War in the Pacific
Guadalcanal - War in the Pacific

Exactly eight months to the day, after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, 11,000 American Marines land on a Pacific island called Guadalcanal. They are about to commence the first Allied offensive against the Empire of Japan.

Navajo Hogan - Exterior Covered with Dirt
Navajo Hogan - Exterior Covered with Dirt

This image depicts Philip Johnston visiting members of the Navajo Nation at their hogan.

Saipan - A Rescued Infant
Saipan - A Rescued Infant

Embedded with American forces on Saipan, W.

Saipan - Rocky Coastline
Saipan - Rocky Coastline

General Saito, commanding Japanese forces on the island of Saipan, believed his troops could not hold the island if they did not have air power over it.

Lt. Gen. Holland Smith and the 27th Infantry
Lt. Gen. Holland Smith and the 27th Infantry

Lt. General Holland Smith - pictured here, second-from-left and known to the men on Saipan as "Howlin' Mad" - was extremely proud of "my Marines.

Vera Keller Leckie
Vera Keller Leckie

After the war was over, and Robert Leckie returned from his tour of duty in the Pacific, he married Vera Keller.

Thomas Hobbes - Portrait and Bio
Thomas Hobbes - Portrait and Bio

Thomas Hobbes, a British philosopher who was born in "the philosophy town" of Malmesbury, in 1588 (during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I), believed that if people live "in a state of nature," they would be fearful and prone to violence.

Saipan - U.S. Infantry Positions, 6 July 1944
Saipan - U.S. Infantry Positions, 6 July 1944

As U.S. infantry troops took their positions on the 6th of July, 1944, they were unaware that opposing forces were about to engage in a mass attack, using their own bodies as weapons.

Virginia Clemm Poe
Virginia Clemm Poe

Virginia Clemm - a first-cousin to Edgar Allan Poe - became his wife in the spring of 1836.

Ancient City of Susa
Ancient City of Susa

Susa, an important city in the ancient world (when it was the capital of Elam), is located in Iran. It is one of the oldest, continuously inhabited cities of the world.

Statue of Gudea with Overflowing Vase
Statue of Gudea with Overflowing Vase

Gudea was a Prince of Lagash who lived during the troubled period following the end of the reign of Naram-Sin (who had led the Akkadian Empire to its zenith).

Danzig in the War
Danzig in the War

A Dream within a Dream, by Edgar Allen Poe - Audio
A Dream within a Dream, by Edgar Allen Poe - Audio

Edgar Allan Poe published a poem entitled "Imitation," in 1827.

Pillory - Punishment for Cheating, Perjury & Other Misdemeanors
Pillory - Punishment for Cheating, Perjury & Other Misdemeanors

A pillory was a place where individuals who were punished for various crimes could be at risk for more than public humiliation.

Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr - A.J. Bullard
Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr - A.J. Bullard

Colonel Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.

Theophilus - On Divers Arts
Theophilus - On Divers Arts

Lt. Gwynne Pierson - Tuskegee Airman
Lt. Gwynne Pierson - Tuskegee Airman

Lt. Gwynne Pierson was one of four Tuskegee Airmen who participated in a major attack on a German vessel during the summer of 1944.

Murder of Thomas Becket
Murder of Thomas Becket

In the 12th century, the King of England was vexed by Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Ira Eaker - Supporter of 99th Pursuit Squadron
Ira Eaker - Supporter of 99th Pursuit Squadron

Lt. General Ira C. Eaker, an aviation pioneer with impressive flying credentials, was a supporter of the Tuskegee Airmen and their 99th Pursuit Squadron.

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