Veteran who creates models of ships makes U.S. naval history come alive in North Platte
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Boasting a 51-year career, the USS Missouri initially launched from the Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn in ...
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World War II Museum in New Orleans spotlights Black service members with special exhibit
Hidden histories come to life in this sprawling show, which includes photos, films and interactive touch-screen oral ...
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Veterans brave weather for ceremony at Mare Island Naval Cemetery
The weather was treacherous on Monday morning, with a downpour of rain in Vallejo making conditions less than ideal for a ...
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American POW swam to freedom in the Pacific during WWII
Robert Shoss looks over a collection of WWII artifacts pertaining to his late father ... of war when the Japanese freighter ...
Boys Town shares Father Flanagan's role in helping service members during World War II
Father Edward Flanagan founded his boys' home in 1917, which would later become Boys Town. Thomas Lynch, director of ...
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'This is real': World War II veteran photographed military missions
Even though age made some of those memories fuzzy, the black and white photos taken by World War II veteran Emerald Knudson ...
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From the beginning of World War II to the end, veteran and model maker Andy Miller makes U.S. Naval history come alive
Boasting a 51-year career, the U.S.S. Missouri initially launched from the Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn in 1944.
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Unraveling a mystery: Why a New Hanover High School ring was found in World War II Germany
A New Hanover High School class ring was found on a dead German solider in World War II. That's where the mystery begins.
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‘I would do it again’: Battle of the Bulge veterans recount their actions in one of WWII’s bloodiest fights
With the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge a month away, Army veterans Harry Miller and Frank Cohn will take center ...
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Listen to WWII veterans while they’re still here
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 66,143 of the 16.4 million Americans who served in World War II are alive. Approximately 131 World War II veterans die each day, according to the ...
WWII Navy soldier’s remains returned home to Kingwood
KINGWOOD, W.Va. (WBOY) — For 80 years, the family of World War II Navy Lieutenant Jay Manown Jr. thought they would not be ...
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This Maine man lost his brother during WWII. He's still searching for answers.
The walls of his home office in East Boothbay are covered with framed photos of generations of his family, including a large portrait of Elmer in uniform that ... Good Conduct Medal, an American ...