Baby Boomer Trivia From February 1945: Yalta Conference, Iwo Jima, & Rocket Richard Canadian and British soldiers embarked on the Battle of the Reichswald (Operation Veritable, Feb 8-Mar 11, 1945) in the Netherlands against German forces in WWII. U.S. President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin met at the Yalta … Continued
Baby Boomer Trivia From January 1945: Roosevelt Inauguration, The Great Raid POW Rescue, and Canadian Conscription By the start of 1945, World War II had been going on since 1939. Canada’s 10th and longest-serving Prime Minister, William Lyon MacKenzie King, was serving his 5th and final term as Prime Minister; he was by then a … Continued
Classic songs from singer-songwriter J. D. Souther – Doolin Dalton, Prisoner in Disguise (with Linda Ronstadt), You’re Only Lonely, Faithless Love, Something in the Dark (J. D. Souther 2008 Photo: Steve Covault) Baby boomer John David Souther was born November 2, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan. He grew up in Amarillo, Texas where he heard a lot … Continued
Baby Boomer Trivia From November 1945: Operation Paperclip, UNAEC, and Jerome Kern (Showboat) Seniors may remember headlines when another group of German scientists are brought to the United States as part of “Operation Paperclip“ in November 1945. This was an initiative of the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA) to bring over 1500 scientists, engineers and … Continued