10,000

I’m about to get all weepy.

When I started this little blog for a class project, I had visions of my journalism students using it as a general example of form. But it’s turned into something else entirely. In fact, just today, the ww2file just hit the 10,000 page view mark. As a colleague said as she as she spied me checking stats: “holy crap, B. You have a readership!” It’s true. A real life readership.

So thanks, mom and dad, pete, and everyone else who is stopping by and helped  contribute to this very modest milestone.

Shark Week, #7

For the last week or so, the ww2file has been running on autopilot, with posts appearing every other day (or so) while I was catching up with some relatives at the OBX, NC. It was nice to sun these tired old bones for a few days.

During my time in the water, I couldn’t help but think of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, or the sinking of the USS Indy, as dramatized in the show Ocean of Fear. Think about this: if you happen to travel to a beach (and swim a little past the shore breakers), or even find yourself in the deep end of the pool, try to keep afloat for more than a few minutes. It’s a lot tougher than you might think. Then read In Harm’s Way.

I also learned a good deal about the maritime shipping loses off the OBX shoreline (from German u-boats). I spoke to a resident (who was a teen in the early 1940s) who remembers seeing the fires offshore from sinking merchant ships as well the bodies that would wash ashore after the sinkings. I’m planning to study this a bit a make a post or two about it in the coming weeks.

So with the start of the school year just around the corner, the ww2file will feature 2 (or so) posts per week. When things do heat up on the job, (papers, papers, papers), I’m certain this site will be a sanity saver. Look for posts that follow the production of the new Pacific War mini-series, Ken Burns’ The War, and the Featured Image from ww2db.com.

Numero uno…

This site is a media project _example_ for others to review. In short, I wanted to use a site that would help organize info on ww2-themed literature, movies, sites, and other media. So here goes…