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Bob Hope and the Medic: An Encounter on the Queen Mary

July 17, 2025 Zach W. 0

In September 1939, the RMS Queen Mary was returning to the United States from England on the eve of war. She carried 2,332 passengers—many of […]

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Silent Night, Deadly Night: The Sinking of SS Léopoldville

May 26, 2025 Zach W. 0

On Christmas Eve 1944, the Battle of the Bulge raged in the Ardennes Forest. Adolf Hitler’s war machine launched its last major offensive on December […]

A group of American WWII soldiers standing at the railing of a ship.

Day of Final Victory: Black Soldiers Aboard the Queen Mary

February 10, 2025 Zach W. 1

During World War II, the need to transport large numbers of Allied troops across the globe saw the world’s ocean liners being pressed into military […]

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