This Memorial Day, a U of I professor will honor the life of his relative who went missing during WWII - IPM Newsroom

This Memorial Day, a U of I professor will honor the life of his relative who went missing during WWII - IPM Newsroom

Illinois Newsroom - Over a decade ago, as part of his political science research at the University of Illinois, Scott Althaus dove deep into the data on World War II casualties. The project was focused on studying the information Americans receive about ongoing wars overseas that involve American forces. The post This Memorial Day, a U of I professor will honor the life of his relative who went missing during WWII appeared first on IPM Newsroom.

Who we miss on Memorial Day?

Scanning an archived newspaper through today’s lens, it’s hard not to skim a particular story from 1917 without a smidgen of skepticism. Across the top of the front page of the April 7, 1917 edition of The National City News, a banner headline: WAR IS DECLARED The news came to South County a day after the United States entered World War I (and a year or so before the great pandemic would also casually claim lives). Beneath that headline is writt…