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Local Glider Soldier gave his life against Japan
11+ min ago (248+ words) Jack Stanton Blessing. (Stories Behind the Stars) [Editor's Note: This article was previously published in the Dec. 5, 2025 edition of The Sentinel]. LEWISTOWN " Japan launched its only paratrooper attack against American airborne forces on Dec. 6, 1944 at San Pablo Air Strip No....
Incredible World War 2 heroines with a joint age of 405 still inspiring Britain
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (514+ words) These indomitable World War 2 heroines take centre stage at an event to mark International Women's Day. Robbie Hall, 103, Ruth Barnwell, 102, Dorothea Barron, 101, and Marie Scott, 99, were guests of honour at the RAF Club in Piccadilly, London, where those from the…...
The Least Popular War In History
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (408+ words) Donald Trump has always believed in the value of superlatives. Everything he does is the greatest, the biggest, the most spectacular anywhere in the world or anyone has ever seen. So it is appropriate that he has now succeeded in…...
The Hell of Auschwitz: Maus by Art Spiegelman
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (203+ words) By Kent Hill | March 10, 2026 Pauline Horovitz's The Hell of Auschwitz: Maus by Art Spiegelman entangles personal reflection, intellectual interpretation, and investigation into the atrocities of the Holocaust and the graphic novel, which broke the mold, mixing autobiography and illustration with…...
Cornwall D-Day hero who escaped tank being blown up has died
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (384+ words) A Cornwall D-Day veteran, who is one of the UK's last surviving Normandy invasion heroes, has died aged 101. Tributes are being paid to Richard Aldred, of Callington, whose death was announced by the British Normandy Memorial yesterday (March 9). As a…...
U.S. museum returns remains of 12 Canadian soldiers
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (206+ words) The remains were collected for medical study after the war but ended up on display in Philadelphia after being sent there in 1919. Milo Tivy, 16, and Shari Tivy, 75, look at a display of human skulls at the M'tter Museum on Thursday,…...
Glendale soldier Benjamin Pennington returns home with honors
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (756+ words) ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. " Vice President JD Vance joined the grieving family of a Kentucky man who was the seventh U.S. service member to die in combat during the Iran war as his remains were brought back to the U.S. Monday evening. The dignified…...
'If I Don't Return' is a book about character and leadership, says Retired general
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (17+ words) If I Don't Return' is a book about character and leadership, says Retired general'MS NOW...
Upper Burrell teen to display Holocaust education project at Tri-City Historical Society
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (508+ words) When Burrell High School senior Lily Sassani wanted to bring light to little-known stories about Girl Scouts" role in society during the Holocaust, she turned to history books. After two years of research, writing and interviews, she shaped her findings…...
The suburban spies who sold nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (213+ words) The trial of the Portland spy ring began on March 13, 1961. The BBC reported on a Cold War story of espionage, adultery, exorcism - and a deceptively ordinary-looking bungalow. By: Greg McKevitt / BBC Translation: Telegrafi.com The image that lingers in the…...