Your employer should have issued you a w-2 by 2/1/10 if you have not received it you need to contact them to get hold of one, it is not a good idea to use a last pay stub to claim your income and taxes withheld.
You need to attach the W2 plus provide info listed on it that is not on your pay stub. You should have received this in the mail by 1/31. Call former employer and demand your W2.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.