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Wallace Hembrough
Wallace T. HembroughRecord Series 41/20/229 Wallace Trabue Hembrough, Jr., native of Jacksonville, Illinois, attended the University of Illinois as a student in the College of Agriculture from 1940...
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A Poor Defense: Sherman tanks in WW2
A Poor Defense: Sherman tanks in WW2 “Sherman Tank” RS 26/20/70, MMischnick Sherman, Germany, February, 15-26, 1945. A Glimpse of the lives of American soldiers constructed with materials of the...
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Monument Man: Illinois Professor Saved European Art
February 7 is the release of George Clooney’s The Monuments Men–a story of men and women locating, protecting, and saving art, monuments, and archives during World War II. The University of Illinois’...
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Remembering Dora-Mittelbau
This year marks the 70th Anniversary of the Allied Invasion of Normandy. Memorial services for the war’s causalities are taking place around the world. These services commemorate the dead and also...
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