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"There are no atheists in foxholes" is an aphorism used to suggest that times of extreme stress or fear can prompt belief in a higher power. [1] In the context of actual warfare, such a sudden change in belief has been called a foxhole conversion.
Kelly was present at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Okinawa and Iwo Jima; his presence on front lines earned him his nicknames, including "Father Foxhole" and "Foxhole Kelly". He was featured in the wartime book Guadalcanal Diary and a fictionalized version of him appeared in the subsequent film .
“‘The Magic Foxhole’ is a strong condemnation of war and one that could have been written only by a soldier…Its message countered the propaganda common in 1944 with a frankness that could have been interpreted as subversive…Even had this story slipped by the military censors, it is hard to imagine a publisher with the courage to print it.”—Biographer Kenneth Slawenski in J. D ...
A foxhole radio is a makeshift radio that was built by soldiers in World War II for entertainment, to listen to local radio stations using amplitude modulation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They were first reported at the Battle of Anzio , Italy, spreading later across the European and Pacific theaters .
Propaganda has been widely used throughout history for largely financial, military as well as political purposes, with mixed outcomes. Propaganda can take many forms, including political speeches, advertisements, news reports, and social media posts. Its goal is usually to influence people's attitudes and behaviors, either by promoting a ...
[12] [note 3] Colonial propaganda generally made the distinction between the Crown, to which most colonists still remained loyal, and the parliament and the parliamentary executive, which was viewed as the cause of their grievances. [18] This sentiment finds expression in a verse affixed to the flag pole in Taunton, Massachusetts that mentions ...
The Information Research Department (IRD) was a secret propaganda wing of the UK Foreign Office, dedicated to disinformation warfare, anti-communism, and pro-colonial propaganda. The IRD was created in 1948 by Clement Attlee 's Labour government, and became both the largest wing of the Foreign Office and the longest running covert government ...
Foxhole (band), a post-rock band from Bowling Green, America; Dugout to Foxhole, a 1994 book written by Rick Van Blair; The Empty Foxhole, a 1967 album by the American jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman "The Magic Foxhole", a 1944 unpublished short story by J.D. Salinger; Foxhole in Cairo, a 1960 British war film; Foxhole, a 2021 American war film