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Baseball's Best: A league of his own: Former POW pitched for Washington
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (508+ words) It is important to the hospitals that, with my artificial leg, I still hold my own under professional competition." "Bert Shepard, a World War II pilot, POW and major league pitcher. When America entered World War II, millions of patriotic…...
Annual Wounded Warrior car show returns to Topeka
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (51+ words) WIBW Annual Wounded Warrior car show returns to Topeka Topeka Combat Air Museum celebrates 50th anniversary with free admission and pancakes Roll & Read: Kids ride out to Evergy Plaza for free books and fun Finale of Tulips at Twilight contingent on…...
Afghanistan and Gulf War veterans hopeful Parliament will recognize them as "war veterans
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (308+ words) CTV News Afghanistan and Gulf War veterans hopeful Parliament will recognize them as "war veterans Police get court order to ID teen wanted in fatal Hamilton mall shooting "Do not consume these pizza kits sold at Canadian Costco stores, recall…...
Charleston synagogue delegation honors Holocaust victims at International March of Living in Poland
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (1414+ words) WARSAW, Poland " When the Nazis moved to deport the remaining Jews from the Ludmir ghetto in occupied Ukraine in 1942, Rose Mibab lay concealed by a straw mattress as she quietly watched others being hauled away. After the Nazis left, Mibab…...
A flame that survived Hiroshima now heads to Pearl Harbour in poignant tribute
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (356+ words) FUKUOKA, April 26 " A symbolic flame kept alive since the aftermath of the 1945 US atomic bombing of Hiroshima will be installed at a memorial in Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, at a ceremony next month, a family member of an iconic atomic-bomb…...
Plaque on Mount Soledad Memorializes Medal of Honor Hero
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (406+ words) An Air Force hero was honored on Wednesday more than two decades after he was killed in action." Master Sgt. John "Chappy" Chapman was honored with a detailed plaque carved from black granite at the Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial…...
Today in History: April 26, the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (338+ words) Today is Sunday, April 26, the 116th day of 2026. There are 249 days left in the year. In 1607, English colonists went ashore at present-day Cape Henry, Virginia, on an expedition to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere. In 1865, John…...
Flame from Hiroshima A-bombed ruins to be used at Pearl Harbor ceremony
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (368+ words) A symbolic flame kept alive since the aftermath of the 1945 U. S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima will be installed at a memorial in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, at a ceremony next month, a family member of an iconic atomic-bomb victim recently revealed,…...
Iranian gallery shows paintings by young Adolf Hitler
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (232+ words) An art exhibition in Iran is showcasing two paintings by Adolf Hitler, from the period when the future Nazi dictator was still an aspiring artist. According to a report by the Iranian Students" News Agency, the exhibition "Color, Canvas, Architecture,…...
World War II soldier honored, to be laid to rest in his home state after missing for 8 decades
11+ hour, 27+ min ago (205+ words) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - After eight decades, a war hero is back home in Minnesota. His family searched for many years, but it took DNA technology to make the connection. U. S. Army Captain Willibald C. Bianchi of New Ulm, Minnesota, served as commander of…...