July 1941. "War housing. Mrs. B.J. Rogan and her small son, Bernie, in the kitchen of the Rogans' new war home at the Franklin Terrace housing project in Erie, Pennsylvania." Photo by Alfred Palmer for the U.S. Office for Emergency Management.

William Bruce Ellis Ranken (1881-1941) Born in Scotland to a family where father was a wealthy lawyer He attended Eton & Slade College of Art He worked in Watercolours oils and pastels WW1 to take his mind off life in trenches he collected and mended historical embroidery

The more I read about the German war effort 1941 onwards, the more I’m struck by how they failed to comprehend the nature of the war they were fighting until it was much too late.

First concept art from the cancelled ‘GREEN LANTERN’ series. • Would have took place in 2 time periods - Alan Scott in 1941 and Guy Gardner in 1984 • Jessica Cruz, Simon Baz, Kilowog & Sinestro would’ve been in the series + a new Lantern character Bree Jarta • The Manhunters were planned to be the primary villains • Seth Grahame-Smith was set to serve as showrunner with Marc Guggenheim in the writers room (Source:

The Cat Who Survived Three Sinkings Unsinkable Sam began as the mascot of the German battleship Bismarck, and after she sank in 1941 he was fished from the Atlantic, adopted by the destroyer HMS Cossack — which was then torpedoed — and finally served on HMS Ark Royal, which was torpedoed too. He survived all three sinkings and retired to a sailors' home in Belfast.