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'The soldier behind the smile' " Harvey Ball's WWII memoir published
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (1420+ words) Worcester's Harvey R. Ball is widely credited with inventing the world-famous smiley face as a freelance artist in 1963. However, what he went through while serving with L Company, 383rd Infantry Regiment of the Army's 96th Division, also known as the "Deadeyes," in the…...
Holocaust education sector needs substantial digital investment, new report says
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (380+ words) Global Holocaust education organisations are not sufficiently digitally prepared to future-proof memories of the Shoah, with staff shortages and lack of training the most challenging factors, according to a new report. In 2025, international research hub The Landecker Digital Memory Lab,…...
ARI "Joy Wall" captures the human connections at the heart of its global network
35+ min ago (244+ words) The initiative forms part of a wider campaign running throughout the week as ARI marks three years of its "Joy'On'Your Way" brand expression.' Contributions flowed in this week from airports, offices and operations across the business, reflecting the diverse cultures,…...
Jonathan Cahn: New York Invited God's Judgment With One Historic Decision
49+ min ago (160+ words) Number one New York Times best-selling author and prophetic voice Jonathan Cahn is sharing a rare story of what he describes as extraordinary spiritual warfare, along with a sobering warning that America may already be witnessing biblical patterns of judgment....
The Forgotten Black Victims of the Swastika: Tracing the African Blueprint of Nazi Atrocities
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (180+ words) Long before the construction of European death camps, Imperial Germany executed the first genocide of the 20th century in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia). This horrific event laid the literal infrastructure for Nazi methodologies. Within Nazi Germany, Black individuals were…...
My View: How I learned the details about the bombing of my father's ship in Pearl Harbor
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (535+ words) I have been working regularly doing family history research using Family Search. org for more than eight years. I started dabbling in family history work many years before that to learn about the bombing of my father's ship, the USS…...
USS Boxer Celebrates 128th Hospital Corpsman Birthday
7+ hour, 41+ min ago (135+ words) U. S. Navy Sailors, assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), recite the corpsman's pledge on the ship's mess decks during a celebration for the 128th hospital corpsman birthday on the ship's mess decks, June 17, 2026. Boxer,…...
Japan PM heckled at WWII memorial
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (367+ words) Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi was heckled at a World War II memorial event by protesters angry about Tokyo's further shift away from its decades-long pacifist stance, television footage showed. Close US ally Japan in April loosened rules on lethal…...
Ohio man finds old military cannonball on property
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (100+ words) (MIDDLETOWN, OH.) " A military artifact was discovered by a homeowner in Butler County on Wednesday." Deputies say a Middletown resident was digging around an oak tree when they found what appeared to be a cannonball." Bomb squad members investigated it…...
A WWII "Hellship" Was Sunk with 1, 200 Allied Prisoners on Board. Divers Just Found the Wreckage.
3+ hour, 56+ min ago (380+ words) The Hellship Memorial Foundation led the search for the Japanese freighter Hofuku Maru. The Hofuku Maru was one of more than 130 cargo ships the Japanese converted to serve as floating concentration camps for Allied prisoners during World War II. Detailed Japanese…...