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By Vijay Ramanathan If you’ve read your history, you know how D-Day in World War II turned out. Anthony Maras's Pressure (2026) doesn’t try to build suspense about the outcome. It focuses on making us feel the pressure of the last few days before the invasion in June 1944. The…
John A. Christopher (1917-1943) and Joseph F. Christopher (1919-1943) are two of the 10 Fancher area soldiers who died in World War II. The two gold stars on the flag indicate that two service members in the family died in…
Roderick “Roddie” Waring Edmonds was born to Thomas C. Edmonds and Jennie Sexton Edmonds in Knoxville on August 20, 1919. DD-214 Veteran Story: Roderick Waring Edmonds Roderick “Roddie” Waring Edmonds was born to Thomas C.…