Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

The American GI in WWII, uncensored

  • Written by Edward Gitre, Assistant Professor of History, Virginia Tech
The American GI in WWII, uncensoredPfc Elias Friedensohn in June 1945 at the Special Services Distributing Point, Seine Section, Paris, France. National Archives

I can still recall the exhilaration I felt in the reading room of the National Archives in College Park, Maryland.

It was mid-April 2009. I was scrolling through roll after microfilm roll of the War Department’s...

Read more: The American GI in WWII, uncensored

More Articles ...

  1. I'm an evolutionary biologist – here's why this ancient fungal fossil discovery is so revealing
  2. Genetic trigger discovered for common heart problem, mitral valve prolapse
  3. The Catholic Church is tightening rules on reporting sexual abuse – but not swearing off its legal privilege to keep secrets
  4. What’s wrong with those anti-vaxxers? They're just like the rest of us
  5. How rural areas like Florida's Panhandle can become more hurricane-ready
  6. The SAT's new 'adversity score' is a poor fix for a problematic test
  7. How dogs help keep multiracial neighborhoods socially segregated
  8. What China wants: 3 things motivating China's position in trade negotiations with the US
  9. An outlaw yeast thrives with genetic chaos – and could provide clues for understanding cancer growth
  10. Hate heaped on black heroines of the French Resistance would look familiar to AOC and Rashida Tlaib
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more