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Heroic WWII Norwegians saluted at Glenmore’s boulder monument
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (493+ words) They will never forget. Even 83 years on, the gratitude remains strong as ever in Badenoch and Strathspey for the World War II heroics of Kompani Linge, Norwegian Independent Company No 1. The generations gathered yesterday by the Norwegian Stone at the…...
North Dakota organization takes veterans into the outdoors, tells their stories of service and sacrifice
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (941+ words) The story of his survival and his team's survival is amazing, because the chances of surviving after a helicopter crash are very slim," Morse said. But what happened afterward and the struggles he had throughout his life " and how he…...
Together With Veterans Taos: Veteran Story Series | Taos, NM 87571
8+ hour, 51+ min ago (181+ words) Join Together With Veterans Taos Coordinator, Valentina Livingston, for a panel conversation examining how the GI Bill shaped Taos's artistic landscape not only through those who benefited from it, but also through those who were excluded. "Make Absence Visible (Not…...
Churchill Is Still on the Front Line of the Culture War
9+ hour, 43+ min ago (12+ words) Churchill Is Still on the Front Line of the Culture War'National Review...
Guangdong Provincial Archives exhibits evidence of Japanese war crimes in China
11+ hour, 36+ min ago (256+ words) Guangdong Provincial Archives hosted a donation and exhibition event for archival evidence of Japan's invasion of China from the historical perspective of the Japanese, exposing the aggressive acts of Japanese militarism, on Saturday. The archives accepted a batch of archival…...
At 99, Tuskegee Airman shares a lifetime of racism, resolve and hope
15+ hour, 44+ min ago (713+ words) To sit in a room with Brig. Gen. Enoch "Woody" Woodhouse, he says, is to "start with the truth." So when he was asked if he thought he was a legend, he replied. "Yes and no." "I'm a legend all…...
West Texas Veterans Cemetery: Honoring the generals’ vision
17+ hour, 28+ min ago (172+ words) LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Nearly 2,400 veterans from across the South Plains have a final resting place set aside for them through the state of Texas. Lubbock civic leaders and veterans advocates gathered Thursday night to celebrate the leadership of a group…...
‘Love this country’: Waxhaw veteran, teacher reflects as he celebrates 100 years
17+ hour, 31+ min ago (420+ words) WAXHAW, N.C. " Charlie Rose is a veteran and former teacher in Waxhaw who says he is still in awe of the life he's lived as he prepares to turn 100 years old on Saturday. "It never occurred to me that I would…...
At Long Last, Old Photo Helps ID Korean War Soldier
19+ hour, 23+ min ago (190+ words) An old photo and a once-sidelined forensic technique have finally put a name to Korean War remains that had confounded modern science. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says... Investigators then turned to a process known as craniofacial superimposition, overlaying…...
Gardnerville selected as site of Basque WWII monument
21+ hour, 30+ min ago (217+ words) GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (KOLO) - Gardnerville has been selected as the future sight of a National Basque WWII veterans" monument. The town was selected by the North American Basque Organization during its Feb. 13 meeting in San Francisco. The monument is being planned…...