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World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday with Frederick community
A World War II veteran in western Maryland celebrated his 100th birthday on Wednesday. Staff Sgt. Melvin Hurwitz piloted B-17 ...
Discovery of Unexploded World War II Bomb Halts Paris Trains and Eurostar
The police successfully defused the explosive device, which weighs more than 1,000 pounds and was found near tracks north of ...
Athens resident to speak on World War II battle at Oconee County library
Athens resident Rodney Davis will speak on a WWII battle this Saturday as he shares his knowledge of the famous conflict.
Huge unexploded World War II-era bomb found in crowded Paris residential area
A half-ton World War II-era bomb found by workers near train tracks outside of Paris is disrupting train and road travel ...
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In 1945, eighty years ago, no one knew how World War II would end
Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...
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Women of World War II: The Untold Stories
Meet the American women who built the planes and flew them, fought on the warfront and the home front, cracked codes and ...
Kansas City Star on MSN6d
Divers’ discovery of World War II plane crash leads to ID of US soldier, officials say
A 2019 discovery by Danish divers found the wreck in the depth of the Baltic Sea, leading excavators to later pull evidence ...
Foreign Affairs1d
Two Books on U.S. Doctors During World War II
These two books describe how American doctors were linked to troubling events during World War II that raised thorny moral issues around medicine and war.
An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people. Excavation is not his ...
Oldest living MLB player, World War II vet dies at 100
Former Major League Baseball pitcher and World War II veteran Art Shallock has died in Sonoma, California, his family confirmed. He was 100.
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN13d
The Secret World War II History of Koh Samui, the New Setting for ‘The White Lotus’
Behind the dreamy scenery of the HBO show’s latest location lurks an explosive story of Thailand’s involvement in the ...
Post-World War II era set the stage for the development of the Florida we all know today
The Sunshine State of today — the one that spans the era the vast majority of the state's residents live in now has been ...