Mississippi or their hometown in many instances. They were going overseas to fight for a cause. They were really behind it of the most part all of the ones that i found were willing to go and serve and in some cases people wonder why we had not been there before. I had one letter from an individual who fought with the Canadian Expeditionary forces. He went early went early because he thought it was a just cause. We always read about people saying, what if the south had won the civil war . What my question is, what if we had not entered that war . The world would be a vastly different place. As for its relevance today i would not have know this if id not been researching this book, again i was not aware of the consequences. All of this trouble in the middle east that we are having right now, so so many of those countries involved, involved after world war i. Promises were made after world war i and we do not look up to them. Conflict is still resulting today because of that. So if it is
Great depression, other gaps we had, and so i started plunging in the collection and i happened upon this is years ago Works Progress administration papers, the wpa in mississippi compiled county histories, and one of the topics was war. Block. They were. That meant there was a lot more out there. In addition to looking at private collection at world war ii started reading county newspapers from all around the state. I did want to try to cover all areas of the state. I have succeeded to some degree but actually not as much as id like to because some towns where i thought there would be letters to the editor about publication from the boys overseas were not any. There could be just to the addition of the paper to get a microfilm that was not the addition that had the letters. The different additions used to be. I do not know if early on if there are two or three editions of the paper. I did the best i could. I found some wonderful letters. I tried to have men who served, i found a lot o
Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the many thousands on a desperate journey into europes heartland hit the wall today, literally. A barrier fence sealed off the length of hungarys southern frontier, the main land route for the migrants. James mates of independent Television News reports from the scene. Reporter open, open, they cry. 2,000 or more refugees pressing against hungarys newly fortified border with its southern neighbor serbia. There has been a human river flowing northward for weeks. This is what happens when you try to top stop that flow. The crowd have been growing since Early Morning as the first arrivals confronted the new, threemeter high, razor wire fence, one obstacle too many in their bid to g
Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the many thousands on a desperate journey into europes heartland hit the wall today, literally. A barrier fence sealed off the length of hungarys southern frontier, the main land route for the migrants. James mates of independent Television News reports from the scene. Reporter open, open, they cry. 2,000 or more refugees pressing against hungarys newly fortified border with its southern neighbor serbia. There has been a human river flowing northward for weeks. This is what happens when you try to top stop that flow. The crowd have been growing since Early Morning as the first arrivals confronted the new, threemeter high, razor wire fence, one obstacle too many in their bid to g
To online teaching to halt the spread of the virus. A record rise in redundancies and unemployment continues to grow. 1. 7 Million People are now out of work across the uk. The netherlands enters a strict second lockdown, with schools and shops shut for at least five weeks. And coming up this hour. We hear how Technology Giants including google and facebook could face multi Million Pound fines if they fail to protect children from online harm. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. From midnight tonight, 3a Million People in england will be living with the highest level of restrictions in tier 3. New areas, including the whole of london, are being moved into the top tier because of a very sharp rise in the number of coronavirus infections. The measures were announced as ministers revealed that a new variant of the virus has been seen in the uk but experts say they believe the new vaccine is effective against it. Greater london and parts of essex and hertfordshire are to be placed in tie