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Smith; Durango, and nation, hoped war’s end near

With the shock of the second atomic bomb being dropped, Americans wondered how much longer Japan could hold out. Surrounded by naval ships, relentlessly bombed, and defeated thro...

DATE: Sep 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Duane Smith

Smith: Region’s contribution to war effort considerable

Durango Herald Democrat, Aug. 4, 1945: Durango’s smelter played a role in the developing of the atomic bomb. Under government contract, the United States Vanadium Corporation re-o...

DATE: Aug 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Duane Smith

By 1945, pre-war days gone forever

Changes afoot in Durango and the world

DATE: Feb 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Duane Smith

Local news tracked effects of the war on the fledgling Fort Lewis Junior College

World War II had a major impact on a struggling Fort Lewis Junior College. For example, enrollment dropped from 120 students in 1941 to 50 in 1944. The number of men declined to nine in 1945...

DATE: Jan 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Duane Smith

With victory in sight, so was normal living

By April 1944, Durangoans could relax a little about the war’s outcome. News, censured as it was, definitely had taken a positive turn on all fronts. Republicans thought so also, as their ho...

DATE: Dec 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Duane Smith

Fourth term for FDR as war dragged on

One of the big questions of the day was President Roosevelt running for yet another term. He had already passed what had been the understood as the traditional two-term limit. No...

DATE: Nov 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Duane Smith

The Blues Train rolls out this weekend

A growing trend in concert venues is to put a bunch of musicians on a moving train, invite the public and host a moving festival. Music on a train was documented in the film “Fes...

DATE: May 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Duane Smith

Smith; Durango, and nation, hoped war’s end near

Smith: Region’s contribution to war effort considerable

By 1945, pre-war days gone forever

Local news tracked effects of the war on the fledgling Fort Lewis Junior College

With victory in sight, so was normal living

Fourth term for FDR as war dragged on

The Blues Train rolls out this weekend

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Smith; Durango, and nation, hoped war’s end near

Smith: Region’s contribution to war effort considerable

By 1945, pre-war days gone forever

Local news tracked effects of the war on the fledgling Fort Lewis Junior College

With victory in sight, so was normal living

Fourth term for FDR as war dragged on

The Blues Train rolls out this weekend

Ballantine Communications, Inc.

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