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Aug 5, 2022

General Walker Calls WWII Siege of Stalingrad a “Farce”

Aug. 5, 1962 - Former Major General Edwin A. Walker said in an interview in today’s Dallas Morning News that the siege of Stalingrad...

Jun 10, 2022

Movies: "The Longest Day"

June 10, 1962 - “The Longest Day,” the 20th Century-Fox version of Cornelius Ryan’s book about the Allied landings in Normandy, will open...

Jun 9, 2022

Former President Truman Calls Soviets Liars

June 9, 1962 - Former President Truman (pictured on his birthday last month) went on the radio today to brand as a lie a Soviet...

Jun 8, 2022

Hitler's "Wolf's Lair" Now a Tourist Attraction

June 8, 1962 - The so-called “Wolf’s Lair,” the supreme command post of Adolf Hitler in what formerly was German East Prussia, has been...

Jun 6, 2022

Ambassador Gavin Commemorates D-Day in France

June 6, 1962 - U.S. Ambassador James M. Gavin (pictured in 1944), who landed in France 18 years ago as a paratroop general, led...

May 12, 2022

Gen. MacArthur Receives Thayer Award at West Point, Speaks to Cadets

May 12, 1962 - General of the Army Douglas MacArthur received the Sylvanus Thayer Award “for outstanding service to the nation” in...

May 12, 2022

May 12, 1962 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur at West Point: "Duty, Honor, Country"

May 12, 1962 - General Douglas MacArthur received the Sylvanus Thayer Award “for outstanding service to the nation” in ceremonies today...

Apr 10, 2022

WWII General Manton S. Eddy Dead at 69

Apr. 10, 1962 - Lieut. Gen. Manton S. Eddy (pictured without helmet in 1944 between General Omar Bradley and General George S. Patton),...

Apr 9, 2022

Movies: Stuart Whitman to Star in "The Day and the Hour"

Apr. 9, 1962 - Stuart Whitman (left) has been signed to appear opposite Simone Signoret (right) in “The Day and the Hour,” a World War II...

Mar 12, 2022

TV: "The Gallant Men" Will Debut this Fall on ABC

Mar. 12, 1962 - “The Gallant Men,” a drama series about the 36th Infantry Division during World War II, will be televised next season by...

Mar 7, 2022

Seventeenth Anniversary of WWII Crossing at Remagen

Mar. 7, 1962 - The United States flag flew today on the Remagen railroad bridge over the Rhine, where 17 years ago G.I.’s forced their...

Feb 26, 2022

Former S.S. Guard Faces Charges for Murdering 20 Jews in WWII

Feb. 26, 1962 - A former S.S. (élite guard) sergeant went on trial in Stuttgart today, charged with the murder of 20 Jews during World...

Feb 23, 2022

Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Reenactment in Times Square

Feb. 23, 1962 - Six marines this morning staged a Times Square reenactment of the flag-raising scene on Iwo Jima 17 years ago during...

Feb 14, 2022

Nationalist Chinese General Hu Tsung-Nan Dead at 62

Feb. 14, 1962 - General Hu Tsung-Nan (pictured in 1936), who wanted to throw his 250,000 troops against the Chinese Communists during...

Feb 14, 2022

General Henry I. Hodes Dead at 62, Combat Commander in WWII and Korea

Feb. 14, 1962 - General Henry Irving Hodes (pictured center in Korea in 1951), a combat commander in World War II and the Korean...

Feb 11, 2022

Memorial to General George C. Marshall To Be Erected in Frankfurt

Feb. 11, 1962 - A memorial to the late General of the Army George C. Marshall (pictured in 1945) as author of the plan that made possible...

Jan 24, 2022

Movies: Robert Ryan Signed for "The Longest Day"

Jan. 24, 1962 - Robert Ryan has been signed to portray General James M. Gavin (pictured in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge) in...

Jan 22, 2022

Former Nazi SS General Karl Wolff is Arreste

Jan. 22, 1962 - Karl Wolff (second from left), a former Nazi S.S. general who was a prominent figure in German-Allied peace negotiations...

Jan 20, 2022

Two-Part Podcast on Holocaust Organizer Adolf Eichman

🎙 On this date in 1942, Adolf Eichmann and other senior Nazis met in Wannsee to hammer out the details of their "Final Solution to the...

Jan 3, 2022

Movie-Set Decorator to Play Eisenhower in "The Longest Day"

Jan. 3, 1962 - Henry Grace (pictured), a movie-set director who has never acted before the cameras, today was cast as General of the Army...