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'It's happening again today': Bay Area internment survivors speak out on Day of Remembrance
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (448+ words) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - This week marks 84 years since more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans'many from the Bay Area'were sent to internment camps during World War II." "This year's theme is "neighbors, not enemies," said Jeffery Matsuoka, chair of the Bay Area Day of Remembrance....
Phoenix Wounded Veteran Ride gives wounded warriors a family and a lifeline
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (124+ words) For Army veteran Dennis Chamberlain, the hardest mission of his 26-year career didn't happen on a battlefield. It began when he took off his uniform for the last time. Chamberlain, who served in the Army from age 17 to 44 as a…...
200 letters from a WWII soldier to his sweetheart offer an intimate picture of love during wartime
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (729+ words) The letters by William Raymond Whittaker and Jane Dean were found in a Nashville home that had belonged to Jane and her siblings. They were donated in 2016 to the Metro Nashville Archives. Whittaker, who went by Ray, was from New…...
200 love letters found in a Nashville home tell the story of a couple's courtship during WWII
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (777+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. " Highlights from a trove of more than 200 love letters that tell the story of a couple's courtship and marriage during World War II are now on display digitally through the Nashville Public Library, offering an intimate picture of…...
World War II comic book honors Filipino heroine 1st Lt. Mercedes Musngi
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (290+ words) THE comic book, titled "The AFFRS" and subtitled "The almost forgotten, now forever remembered: A World War II epic saga," was launched in partnership with the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) at the Veterans Center, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon…...
WWII Living History Experience in Macomb
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (87+ words) The Western Illinois University Veteran Resource Center and the Department of History are partnering with the Macomb Park District to host a living World War II history experience in the Macomb community. WWII Living History Experience in Macomb MACOMB, IL…...
German school named for Albanian who saved Jews sends students to Tirana for Holocaust remembrance
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (334+ words) Ryan and Emily Heyman were born and raised in Solon, and the couple that currently resides in Aurora soon hope to call the city their home once again. It was Hal Lebovitz who wrote a legendary column called "Never cut…...
Call to add Nazi camps to UNESCO list
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (357+ words) Warning from history: the group wants to preserve former concentration camp sites Former Nazi concentration camps should be added to the UNESCO World Heritage list, a group preserving the memorials urged Thursday, warning that "democracy can no longer be taken…...
The Pre-War World Is Gone
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (21+ words) President Donald Trump reacts as he takes questions from reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 16, 2026....
Trump draws parallel between Pearl Harbor and US strikes on Iran in meeting with Japanese PM
7+ hour, 44+ min ago (197+ words) By Daphne Psaledakis and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday drew a parallel between U.S. strikes on Iran and Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor decades ago, as he defended the war against Tehran at a meeting with…...