“It’s the last occurrence in American history when one state took up arms against another no matter how unlikely it was that the arms would ever be fired,” said Southard. Source: Did You Know: Arizona Navy Deployed | KJZZ
The brilliant photos of the first American female war photographer killed in action – The Washington Post
This was Dickey Chapelle’s favorite photograph of herself at work, taken in Milwaukee in 1958 by Marine Master Sgt. Lew Lowery, who also photographed the first American flag-raising on Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima… “You can do anything you want to do if you want to do it so badly you’ll give up everything else to […]
Scottsdale history: When farming finally ditched horses for tractors
During World War II, the lack of young men to do the farm work accelerated the use of tractors and mechanized farm implements. Tractors were still being made during the war because they helped produce our nation’s food and fiber. They required priorities to buy and were in short supply. Farmers really had tremendous incentive […]