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Albertville World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday - AOL
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (516+ words) ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — With only 0.2% of World War II veterans still alive, any birthday is considered a huge milestone. Lifelong Albertville resident and World War II veteran Harold Nelson celebrated his 100th birthday Friday at a party hosted by the Birmingham…...
Civil War veteran receives recognition after 100 years - AOL
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (318+ words) TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO-WAWV) — A number of weeks ago, a Civil war veteran from Indiana received his headstone, over 100 years after his death. Since the early 1900’s, Union Army veteran 1st Lt. John Shryer has been buried in an unmarked grave…...
A Photo Tour of the Roush Mustang vs P-51 Mustang Fighter Plane
9+ min ago (71+ words) See the interior and exterior of the 1999 Roush Mustang and P-51 Mustang Fighter Plane from every angle. Read the Full Review Only one of these Mustangs comes standard with a gun, but the Roush Mustang is a weapon in its own…...
Minsavages celebrate 70th wedding anniversary
4+ hour, 30+ min ago (303+ words) Gerald and Joanne Minsavage of Wilkes-Barre will observe their 70th wedding anniversary on Aug. 4. While that’s a lot of years, Gerald Minsavage said, “We’ve done nothing out of the ordinary, but lived for each other.” Gerald Minsavage, 89, and the former Joanne…...
US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Midway: 60,000 Tons, As Big As An Iowa-Class Battleship, and the Largest Warship on Earth When Built
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (567+ words) USS Midway cost $85.6 million, produced 212,000 shaft horsepower, carried 120 aircraft and had 15,000 nautical miles of endurance....
Pride of Sioux Falls: US Navy Battleship USS South Dakota was 44,000 Tons, Hit 28 Knots and Travelled 246,970 Miles During WWII
5+ hour, 25+ min ago (662+ words) USS South Dakota packed nine 16-inch guns, 130,000 horsepower and 13 battle stars into a compact 680-foot World War II battleship....
US Navy North Carolina: 44,000 Tons, 9 Sixteen-Inch Guns, and Not One Shell Ever Fired at an Enemy Battleship in Anger
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (560+ words) USS North Carolina cost $76.9 million, displaced 44,800 tons and carried nine 16-inch guns before becoming a Wilmington museum....
Sunken Nazi warship uncovered in shrinking river during heatwave
4+ hour, 48+ min ago (548+ words) European Investment Bank says it is among 200 vessels that lie at the bottom of the waterway A sunken Nazi warship has resurfaced in the river Danube following low water levels in the record-breaking European heatwave. The Danube River, which runs…...
Over 81,000 U.S. soldiers are missing from past wars. One may soon be identified
10+ hour, 51+ min ago (814+ words) The headstone of an unidentified soldier known as "X-3" is marked as "Unknown" at the Sitka National Cemetery in Sitka, Alaska. Hope McKenney/KCAW hide caption Back in June, a dozen service members, veterans, and police and fire personnel stood at…...
‘A symbol of resistance’: the fight to save treehouse built on no man’s land next to Berlin Wall
9+ hour, 34+ min ago (917+ words) Supporters fear structure could be torn down as safety hazard and want it to become memorial to postwar foreign labourers in honour of its Turkish creator Sometimes the currents of history converge in a single spot. In Berlin, one of…...