Growing Up Bin Laden
CP Note: October 7, 2001, witnessed the start of Operation Enduring Freedom. The bin Laden family--and the rest of the world--watched as the strikes began. A weird wail, followed by an excited voice,...
View ArticleSeventy Years Ago and Seven Days Before December 7, 1941
Date: November 30, 1941 Place: London, England With: Winston Churchill, Prime Minister Family members and a few close friends were enjoying a brief and quiet birthday celebration with Winston...
View Article70 years ago: December 7, 1941
Date: December 7, 1941 Place: Chequers (the country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, located near Ellesborough, England.) With: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and his two...
View Article70 Years Ago: December 8-14, 1941
Date: December 10, 1941 Place: London, England With: Winston Churchill, Prime Minister During his years as Prime Minster of England, Winston Churchill’s mornings were devoted to work that accumulated...
View ArticleSomeone You Should Know: Nancy Wake
In the bowels of the bomber a pretty woman with dark tresses pushed under a tin hat was throwing up. The crew had never before dropped a woman into enemy-occupied France, so as a token of their...
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