Claire Barrett
Claire Barrett is the Strategic Operations Editor for Sightline Media and a World War II researcher with an unparalleled affinity for Sir Winston Churchill and Michigan football.
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Podcast ‘500 Letters to Nana’ explores 1 soldier’s personal war
Join hosts Carson and Katie as they delve through the latter's grandfather's letters to his wife, Feloma, as he serves in the Pacific War.
He was bayoneted in Guam. Shot on Iwo. Now, at 100, he is a sergeant.
At just 16, Frank S. Wright lied about his age to join the Marine Corps and went on to see combat on Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Guam and Iwo Jima.
Spuds vs. submarine: the lore of the USS O’Bannon at Guadalcanal
Legend has it the most decorated U.S. Navy destroyer of WWII sank a Japanese submarine solely by throwing potatoes at it.
Mail-in voting is nothing new, just ask Civil War soldiers
During the Civil War, 19 Union states changed their laws to allow their soldiers to vote absentee.
Navy logbook that recounted Pearl Harbor recovered after 84 years
After more than 80 years, the logbook from Navy Yard Pearl Harbor has been recovered, the National Archives announced.
The original ‘Lone Ranger’ was killed in WWII — but not by the enemy
When Lee Powell died during WWII, newspapers back home soon reported that the original Lone Ranger had been killed in action. Except he hadn't been.
WWII doc explores ‘Atomic Echoes’ for US veterans, Japanese survivors
“Atomic Echoes” highlights the ramifications of the atomic bomb 80 years on.
KJ Apa to star as WWII veteran Jimmy Stewart in biopic
KJ Apa, of "Riverdale" fame, has signed on to star as WWII veteran and “It’s a Wonderful Life” star, Jimmy Stewart.
