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Veteran who helped liberate Nazi concentration camps celebrates 100th birthday
11+ hour, 38+ min ago (18+ words) Veteran who helped liberate Nazi concentration camps celebrates 100th birthday'Yahoo News UK Your privacy is important to us...
"The ghetto was sealed, I was one day old," Holocaust survivor speaks in Columbia
20+ hour, 12+ min ago (351+ words) COLUMBIA " Erika Schwartz, a Holocaust survivor, spoke in Jesse Wrench Auditorium on the University of Missouri's Campus on Wednesday at an event hosted by the Daniel Boone Regional Library and the University of Missouri Hillel. The library is one of…...
Hometown Pilot Returns in Historic Chinook Visit
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (376+ words) Hometown pride was palpable Thursday afternoon at the Osceola Municipal Airport as an Iowa National Guard CH-47F Chinook helicopter roared in under low skies, piloted in part by hometown native Second Lieutenant Isaac Lewis. Thursday's landing was more than a…...
A lifetime of wars | Columnists
7+ hour, 38+ min ago (945+ words) This week we suddenly found ourselves involved in our newest war. So far it is in a distant place, across the sea, but with our modern times one must wonder if any wars can be distant any more, given the…...
This Day in History - March 11 : U.S. Government established Ft. Robinson near Crawford
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (101+ words) This Day in History - March 11 : U.S. Government established Ft. Robinson near Crawford'KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE March 11, 1874 - The U.S. Government authorized the establishment of a military camp known as Camp Robinson in March 1874. The camp was later designated Fort…...
Florida man on journey to find World War II flag owner in Horry County
1+ day, 11+ min ago (451+ words) HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) " While on a job site in Horry County in December, Florida resident Jose Palermo was approached by an older woman who presented him with a simple request: To hang a special flag from one of the crew's…...
Protecting Immigrant Students (Part I): What Japanese American Incarceration Teaches Us About Educator Responsibility - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
13+ hour, 2+ min ago (384+ words) Even outside the classroom, the presence of the border shaped daily life. In the evenings, I played in local soccer leagues, but games were sometimes canceled when crossings closed or checkpoints appeared, and people were afraid to drive. What should…...
The Ozarks comedian who accidentally named a World War II weapon
18+ hour, 55+ min ago (311+ words) This is Ozarks at Large. I'm Matthew Moore. We're here to talk more Ozarks history. I'm joined by Jared Phillips. Jared, welcome back. Jared Phillips: Hey, great to be here on a rainy day. Moore: Let's get into it. Moore:…...
‘Cult-like following’: 93-year-old veteran draws crowds at Post 15 karaoke
13+ hour, 11+ min ago (391+ words) PALMER, Alaska (KTUU) - Sporting a collared shirt with musical notes and swinging to a western tone, 93-year-old Korean War veteran Derald Carr " known simply as "Red" " is a familiar face at Palmer American Legion Post 15. He shows up, especially on…...
Protecting Immigrant Students (Part II): Resources and Strategies for Creating Safer Classrooms - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
13+ hour, 3+ min ago (283+ words) One enduring lesson of Japanese American incarceration is that harm is rarely sudden; it unfolds through a series of seemingly discrete moments'dehumanizing rhetoric in the media, the normalization of surveillance, the steady expansion of enforcement'until civil liberties are profoundly eroded…...