Thanksgiving
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Some impressions and stories of Thanksgiving during World War II. American soldiers in Paris are shown leaving the famous Notre Dame Cathedral after a special Thanksgiving Day service. November 23, 1944. Sgt. Bill Murphy Jr. (Perryville, Kentucky) shares his Thanksgiving turkey with a small Italian girl on the 5th Army front in the San Marcello
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Us Europeans often get confused about this whole Thanksgiving business, because in Europe Thanksgiving is on the 1st Sunday in October. That’s when we say thanks for the harvest. Although the US Thanksgiving has also an element of harvest in it, it is not the same as the European one. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists
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During World War II, the Office of Price Administration (OPA) instituted rationing, limiting the amount of goods, including food items, that civilians could purchase, affecting daily life and traditions on the homefront. Despite the difficulties, dangers, and deprivations of the World War II era, Americans still gave thanks. World War II presented a hugely intricate
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