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Basque weekend opens with World War II monument ceremony
11+ min ago (364+ words) People were lined up in front of the JT Basque Bar & Dining Room for Basque breakfast on Sunday morning. The breakfast was the culmination of the annual Mendiko Euskaldun Cluba’s picnic weekend, celebrating all things Basque that opened on Friday…...
Local Joseph W. Pettit celebrates 100th birthday
30+ min ago (541+ words) Joseph W. Pettit has spent a century building a life marked by military service, professional dedication and devotion to his family. Pettit, who was born Aug. 9, 1926, in New York City, celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday. The Town of Yorktown recognized the…...
Wild ride: Army Vet recounts fall and rise in new book
45+ min ago (882+ words) Willette Alston holding her recently released autobiography "From Crack to Colonel," in which she shares how she conquered her addiction demons to rise up the military ranks. An Awendaw native's sudden descent into drug abuse and inspiring comeback journey are…...
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae will skip his visit to Yasukuni shrine on Korea's Liberation.. - MK
46+ min ago (195+ words) Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae will skip his visit to Yasukuni shrine on Korea's Liberation Day and Japan's defeat day, according to reports. According to Kyodo News and Jiji News on the 12th, Prime Minister Takaichi began adjusting his schedule not…...
HIROSHIMA 81: The looming risk of nuclear disaster
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (182+ words) mronline.org Making sure you're not a bot! You are seeing this because the administrator of this website has set up Anubis to protect the server against the scourge of AI companies aggressively scraping websites. This can and does cause…...
Australian Defence Leader Visits AFMAO to Learn from Care for the Fallen
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (134+ words) U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Hicks (left), Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Fisher House for Families of the Fallen section chief, briefs Australian Army Col. Andy Love, Director of Personnel, Headquarters Joint Operations Command, Australian Department of Defence, on how…...
In 1943, Germany deployed a rare World War II torpedo boat. 83 years later, divers found the vessel nearly intact on the Ionian seabed, ending a decade-long search and potentially identifying the last surviving boat of its type
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (212+ words) German WWII torpedo boat discovered: Researchers located the rare German naval boat LS 6 in the Ionian Sea. This vessel sank off western Greece during September 1943. The wreck remains unusually intact after eight decades underwater. Its discovery offers a rare opportunity…...
Danube river's low water levels reveal remains of WWII soldiers and motorcycle - AOL
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (636+ words) The bodies of two World War Two German soldiers have been found in Budapest's Danube river, due to record-low water levels after an intense drought. Found alongside their remains were the identification tags of the two soldiers, a largely intact…...
Danube Drought Exposes WWII Soldiers and Motorcycle
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (355+ words) Record-low Danube water in Budapest exposes two WWII German soldiers' remains and a preserved Wehrmacht motorcycle, plus live anti-tank mines. A passerby on the Danube's shrunken bank spotted metal jutting from the rocks opposite Hungary's parliament: a Wehrmacht motorcycle, and…...
Kindertransport refugee who fled Nazi persecution remembered
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (163+ words) A Kindertransport refugee who dedicated his life to helping others has been remembered following his death. Harry Heber MBE, originally from Innsbruck, Austria, arrived in Britain aged seven, having fled Nazi persecution following Kristallnacht in November 1938. He and his older…...