WHEN the “Great War” ended in 1918, Australia had a population of less than five million. During the previous four years about 500,000 Australians wore some type of uniform and few families were ...
His parents were William and Norvelle (Stoelting) Westrup. William was a member of the U.S. Coast Guard from New Jersey and Norvelle was from Oaktown, Indiana, where her father was a blacksmith. Bill ...
From 6 July 1940 to 30 April 1944, the air raid sirens blared 602 times, leading to the destruction of two main shopping ...