On this day in history, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack kills 2,403 Americans, launches US into WWII
Jack Carr's take on Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington, born on this day, Dec. 4, 1912: 'Larger-than-life hero to me'
On this day in history, November 30, 1874, indomitable British statesman, WWII hero Winston Churchill is born
On this day in history, November 26, 1922, Charles M. Schulz, creator of 'Peanuts,' is born in Minnesota
Mitch Albom on new novel about boy kidnapped by Nazis in Holocaust: 'Important topic' at 'troubling time'