Black History Month
Black History Month To mark Black History Month …
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Tagged Alan Cook, black GIs, Black History Month, cook, Distinguished Service Cross, Ida Thompson, James McKendry, Kathleen Porter, Maureen McAllister, Medal of Honor, Northern Ireland, Oral History, Oral History Project, President Clinton, President Truman, quartmaster, Roger Weatherup, Second World War, segregation, Signal Corps, Vernon Baker
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#WorldPostDay – I’ll be back when Summer’s in the Meadow
#WorldPostDay – I’ll be back when Summer’s in …
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Tagged 5th General Hospital, Donegall Square Methodist Church, GI, GI Bride, Melanie A Ippolito, Muriel and Raymond, Muriel Mitchell, Musgrave Park, New York, Northern Ireland, Raymond Friscia, wedding dress, World Post Day
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UN International Day of Older Persons 2020
UN International Day of Older Persons 2020 Today …
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Tagged 100 years old, 8th Belfast Battalion, America, Australia, Belfast, Belfast Blitz, Belfast Blitz Project, Canada, Cliftonville Road, experiences, International Day of Older Persons, Interview, interviewee, Mabel Williams, memories, Northern Ireland, Oral History, Oral History Project, Oral History Project Coordinator, OralHistoryProject, The War and Me, Thomas Herbert Coulter, Uk, UN International Day of Older Persons 2020, wartime experiences
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Armistice of Cassibile
Armistice of Cassibile Seventy-seven years ago, it was …
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Tagged 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne, 9th September, Armisitice of Cassibile, Dorothy Kyle, Eisenhower, GI Brides, Italy, Kyle Meintzer, Northern Ireland, Operation Avalanche, Oral History, Oral History Project, Oral History Project Coordinator, OralHistoryProject, Wade Meintzer
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VJ Day – 15th August 1945
VJ Day – 15th August 1945 On the …
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Tagged 15th August, 15th August 1945, American Red Cross Club, Austin Harper, Battenburg Street, Belfast Telegraph, Chichester Street, City Hall, Colin Walker, Commemoration, Eileen Taylor, First World War, Harriet Smyth, Hugh Harper, Mandy Harper, Northern Ireland, Northern Whig, Oral History, Oral History Project, Piper, Prisoner of War of the Japanese, RAF, Reverend Albin Rankin, Roll of Honour, Second World War, Stormont Presbyterian Church, VE Day, VJ Day, VJ Day 2020, VJ Day 75, William Guiney
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Robert (Bob) Dawson Wright – VJ Day 2020
Robert (Bob) Dawson Wright – VJ Day 2020 …
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Tagged 1940, Belfast, Blythe Street School, Bob Wright, British Expeditionary Force, Burma, Ceylon, Cheung Sui Ping, Company Sergeant Major, Dunkirk, France, Hong Kong, Hunter Street, India, Museum Attendant, No.5 Commando, Northern Ireland, Norway, Robert Dawson Wright, Royal Army Service Corps, Second World War, Special Service Brigade, VJ Day 2020, Welch Regiment
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American Red Cross Founder’s Day
American Red Cross Founder’s Day Today is American …
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Tagged American Red Cross, American Red Cross Clubs, American Red Cross dances, American Red Cross Founder's Day, ARC, Belfast, Belfast ARC Club, Castledawson, Chicester Street, Eglinton Hotel, Food Office, Glenn Miller, Londonderry, NIWM:2019:2539, Northern Ireland, Oral History Project, Plaza Ballroom, Portrush, Racial Segregation, Sadie Lineker, Second World War, United States, US75, Warrenpoint, Waterloo Place, West Bay View Hotel
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Easter Tuesday Raid – 15th/16th April 1941
Easter Tuesday Raid – 15th/16th April 1941 On …
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Tagged (NIWM:2018.2664), 15th April 1941, 15th/16th April 1941, 16th April 1941, 1941, 1941BlitzInfographic, Belfast, Belfast Blitz, Easter Tuesday Raid, EasterTuesdayRaid, Northern Ireland, StadtplanVonBelfast
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