Calendar of Events

In January 1943, a world war was raging, and its outcome was far from certain. The United States was fighting on two fronts while producing most of the weapons that sustained the Allied war effort. Americans accepted extraordinary sacrifices by sending their sons and daughters overseas, buying war bonds, rationing food and gasoline, recycling scarce materials, and living under price controls and a wage freeze. Then, during this national unity, half a million coal miners walked off the job that year demanding higher wages. Their strike threatened to disrupt the nation's wartime economy, cripple steel production, and thus undermine the industrial might needed for an Allied victory. Which side would you have been on?

Lecturer Biography
Richard Joyce is a retired U.S. Army Infantry Command Sergeant Major who served for more than thirty-two years during the Cold War along the Warsaw Pact border, near the Korean DMZ, in the Persian Gulf War, and three tours in Iraq. Following his military career, he taught high school mathematics, retiring from Pine Creek H.S. He earned master's degrees in history from the University of Colorado (UCCS) and in education (UNC). His research interests include U.S. foreign affairs, labor relations, and the history behind current events.