Fri. May 24, 2013
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Daily Mail
May 24, 2013
bombing of
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki was 'divine punishment': South Korean newspaper sparks outrage over
WWII attack that killed over 200,000 ... A South Korean newspaper has sparked outrage by claiming the atomic bombing of Hiroshima that killed 200,000 ...
Nashoba Publishing
May 24, 2013
Sigmund "Ziggy" Wesolowski served in the U.S.
navy during
World War II. Stanley Jurga, a past American Legion Post #183 commander, served in the U.S.
Sacramento Bee
May 24, 2013
NEW YORK -- An award-winning and best-selling World War II historian is turning to an older conflict for his next project: the American Revolution.
Patch.com
May 24, 2013
The Wakefield
Rotary club welcomed new members and local
WWII veterans Larry Kirby and Morley Piper during an early celebration of Memorial Day this week.
Kansas City Star
May 24, 2013
May 24. The Associated Press. CHESTERFIELD, Mo. - Officials with Goodwill are searching for
relatives of a
World War II veteran whose medals - including the Silver Star and
Purple Heart - somehow wound up inside a suburban
St. Louis Goodwill store.
Tulsa World
May 24, 2013
According to his official
Marine Corps biography, Gayle fought in five
World War II battles as an officer with the 1st Marines in the Pacific, starting with Guadalcanal in 1942.
BBC News
May 24, 2013
The first of 25
warships have sailed into Liverpool to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic. The battle - the longest continuous military campaign in
World War II - is being commemorated in a series of events over the bank holiday ...
Deseret News
May 24, 2013
24, 1945, at the site of some of the bloodiest battles fought in all of
World War II. Iwo Jima, 660 nautical miles from
Tokyo, was crucial to
the United States war effort, and it had to be taken.
The Japan Daily Press
May 23, 2013
Japanese-American
WWII vet gets 'Order of the Rising Sun' award. Japan has granted one of its highest honors to a Japanese-American
World War II veteran for what he has done to improve and further relationships between Japanese and
Americans.
SCNow
May 23, 2013
FLORENCE, S.C. - An effort to build a World War II monument in the Florence Veterans Park is about to switch into high gear with several new initiatives from the monument committee, which hopes the renewed effort will match the $300,000 price tag.
Daily Mail
May 23, 2013
Thoma updates it to
World War II Britain (Glyndebourne was a refuge for wartime evacuees) where a country house
Entertainment is being performed in aid of the RAF.
Daily Mail
May 23, 2013
Comments (5); Share. A photographer who shot a series of iconic
Second World War images after serving with an
elite navy unit, has died aged 94.
WTOP
May 23, 2013
police:
WWII artillery device found in Va. harmless. Thursday - 5/23/2013, 11:10am ET. HARRISONBURG, Va. -- Virginia State Police say a
World War II artillery device found near New
market didn't have any
explosives in it. Media outlets say the device ...
Military Times
May 23, 2013
Former
World War II army squad leader and Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity has died at 91. Taylor Loeffel, a spokeswoman for Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, said McGarity died of
cancer Tuesday night in Memphis.
13WHAM-TV
May 23, 2013
World War II Dog Tags Returned To Veteran. Video; Images. World War II Dog Tags Returned To Veteran. Reported by: Kelsie Smith.
wnep.com
May 23, 2013
Wilkes-Barre - An 88-year-old
World War II veteran who served in the Battle of the Bulge is being credited for the return of American flags to the
market Street Bridge for Memorial Day.
TheNewsTribune.com
May 23, 2013
NEW YORK - An award-winning and best-selling World War II historian is turning to an older conflict for his next project: the American Revolution.
Huffington Post
May 23, 2013
Amateur excavators discovered large parts of a
World War II-era British Bristol Beaufighter near the small northern town of Gusano di Gropparello,
Italy.
OregonLive.com
May 23, 2013
Robert Lance, 93, a
World War II veteran, was welcomed at Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C. when traveled to the nation's capital May 16-19, with Honor Flight, an all-expense-paid trip honoring
WWII veterans. Dennis McMahon. It had been ...
Southernminn.com
May 23, 2013
James Ballard #4.jpg. Our Memory Moon is a poem written by James "Bud" Ballard while he while he was deployed during World War II. James Ballard #1.jpg. James "Bud" Ballard. MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS. City of Waseca. When: 9 a.m. on Monday, May 27 ...
Huffington Post
May 23, 2013
In that spirit, the documentary 'Honor Flight' follows four World War II veterans on their journey to see the memorial constructed to honor them in Washington, D.C.
Sun Star Courier
May 23, 2013
From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 25, view
World War II exhibits and listen to speakers on the museum grounds.
WWII armament, equipment and memorabilia will be on display, while veterans and others recount their experiences from the war.
Delano Herald Journal
May 23, 2013
"I really lucked out," he said, recalling his time in
World War II. Splettstazer graduated from Lester Prairie High
school in 1940, and then took up
welding and metalwork at Dunwoody Institute.
WBUR
May 23, 2013
Boston - It's a story of three
plane crashes, heroism, survival and recovery. In November 1942, in the midst of
World War II, an American C-53 cargo plane crashed in
Greenland. Five survived onboard the plane and were able to eke out distress signals.
Boston Herald
May 23, 2013
George Athanas of Somerville, a World War II veteran and retired plant manager, died Monday at his home after a lengthy illness.
MLive.com
May 23, 2013
Weiser is part of a vanishing breed - 16 million men and women who served in the American
armed forces during
World War II.
Military Times
May 23, 2013
Former
World War II army squad leader and Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity has died at 91. Taylor Loeffel, a spokeswoman for Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, said McGarity died of
cancer Tuesday night in Memphis.
KHSL
May 23, 2013
(AP) - Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who produced some of the most indelible combat images of
World War II and created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of
Black Americans in
Chicago, has died at age 94.
Homer News
May 23, 2013
This Memorial Day weekend, presentations at the
Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center focus on the
World War II battles fought between U.S.
WBAL Baltimore
May 23, 2013
I knew my great
uncle, Emmett P. Clark, died in the Battle of the Bulge, one of the last major campaigns on the Western Front of
World War II. I knew he was a brave soldier who gave his life for a greater cause. I knew he was my uncle's namesake. But ...
Huffington Post
May 23, 2013
Hungarian authorities evacuated around 1,000 people on Thursday after an unexploded
World War II shell was discovered embedded in the roof of Budapest's city hall.
BBC News
May 23, 2013
The first of 25
World War II warships have sailed into Liverpool to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic.
Moultrie News
May 23, 2013
This Memorial Day you can honor a
World War II veteran by placing his or her name on the
WWII Registry, a place where they are honored and remembered.
United States Army (press release)
May 23, 2013
Terry Shima, a second-generation Japanese-American, and
World War II veteran, listens to speakers during a ceremony, May 21, 2013, at the home of the Japanese ambassador to
the United States.
People Magazine
May 23, 2013
Morse credits Henderson, N.C., businessman Jeff Miller with making it possible to expand the project and help even more World War II veterans, who are dying at a rate of about 642 per day. "There is no way I can describe the ... The documentary focuses ...
whotv.com
May 23, 2013
HONORARY DIPLOMA:
WWII Vets Ceremony. Posted on: 7:28 pm, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer. veterans. A
Des Moines area high
school is paying respects to two former
students and
World War II veterans this Friday. In honor of Memorial Day, North High ...
New Pittsburgh Courier
May 23, 2013
More than 65 years after his participation of service in World War II, one local veteran will get his due honors at an international ceremony in Washington, D.C.
PS News
May 23, 2013
Around 22,000
Australians were captured by the Japanese during
World War II - with 8,000 dying in captivity and 14,000 returning home - and each of the cards contains the details of one Australian including the name, place of birth, nationality, rank ...
WXIA-TV
May 23, 2013
His six
children. His nine grandchildren. His six great grandchildren. Inside the church, they will say a final goodbye to the 91 year old patriarch of this family.
Boston Globe
May 23, 2013
Nearly 70 years after the defeat of Hitler, Mussolini, and
European fascism in the
Second World War, hateful, right-wing ideology has returned in nearly every European country.
Lebanon Express
May 23, 2013
The movie, "Honor Flight," which chronicles the journey of four World War II veterans to the memorial in Washington, D.C.
Hicksville Illustrated News
May 23, 2013
Place it in this setting of vintage farmhouses and country roads so reminiscent of the WWII era Normandy countryside, and you have created a virtual time machine that ensures indelible memories for families.
The Republic
May 23, 2013
Marty Wyall, a
World War II Women's Airforce Service Pilot program veteran, will speak at 8 p.m. June 7 at the Bald Eagles pilot and aviation enthusiast dinner at The Seasons Conference Center in
Nashville in Brown County.
Altoona Mirror
May 23, 2013
In April 1943, in the middle of
World War II, 18-year-old Gene Wentz received a draft notice at his Bedford County home. While Wentz could have legitimately been excused from service to work his family's
farm in Dunkard Hollow, he willingly and eagerly ...
Deseret News
May 23, 2013
In 2012, Jones went on an Honor Flight, in which pilots take veterans to see the World War II monument in Washington, D.C. On that visit, he received a flag that had flown over the U.S.
BBC News
May 23, 2013
A codebreaker whose deciphering of secret German messages is said to have reduced World War II, is to be honoured in his hometown.
Straits Times
May 23, 2013
The
Second World War holds different meaning for each generation, because of the different memories they have formed about it, said Mr Lee in
Tokyo on Thursday, before illustrating the point with his personal stories of what he remembered.
