NEW HAVEN -- Carl Pullen raised a boatload of kids, five of his own and eight others -- his wife's siblings who lost their mother at an early age. And he watched out for every one of them, all of the ...

NEW PHILADELPHIA — American troops were at war in Europe and the Pacific, and Helen Mokritsky was doing her part on the homefront. As secretary of the Air Raid Wardens Auxiliary in the borough, she ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. — A community event in Muskegon is hoping to illustrate how West Michiganders protected their home during World War II by taking visitors right into the action. The “Air Raid Wardens & ...

Air raid wardens demo a trio of spooky elephantine gas masks, designed for the elderly, during a simulated gas attack in 1941 London. [Spotted on Retronaut] History Get the best tech, science, and ...

New-York Historical Society, "American landscape and genre paintings in the New-York Historical Society...," New York: New-York Historical Society; Boston, G. K. Hall ...