Janice Blake
janiceblake.bsky.social
Janice Blake
@janiceblake.bsky.social
Reader. Writer. "The Battalion Artist" traces Nat Bellantoni's World War II odyssey in the Pacific. Next up, my Uncle Joe's #WWII experiences in the Atlantic. From service on the legendary USS Wichita to Lighter Than Air sailor, Lakehurst NJ blimp base.
3) Fortune, Jun 1942

The artwork on this WW-II era magazine cover underscores our strength as a nation...when we worked together to defeat authoritarian regimes that believed in their own racial superiority w goals to subjugate people they considered inferior, force their labor, steal their land.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Time - 16 November 1942
November 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"These are classic civic mores, and it is sometimes corny to state them aloud. But at the moment, it’s also reassuring to hear them from a solidly middle-of-the-road, A-list movie star."
nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Lebanon is home to a sizable Palestinian refugee population, most of them descendants of people who fled or were expelled from their towns and villages in what is now Israel during the 1948 war surrounding the country’s establishment.
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In Ravello I asked to thank the Nonna still in charge of the kitchen at our favorite restaurant. I told her my Uncle had fought in Italy in WW-II. "Before the Americans came, "she said, "the children had no shoes and no food." Quickly realized: SHE had been one of those children.
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM