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World War II bomb recovered from Germany's Rhine after being revealed by low water levels
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (32+ words) AP News World War II bomb recovered from Germany’s Rhine after being revealed by low water levels...
Hiroshima marks A-bomb anniversary, mayor urges action to abolish nuclear weapons in peace declaration – Asia News Network
12+ min ago (304+ words) HIROSHIMA – Hiroshima on Thursday observed the 81st anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city, with survivors and families mourning the victims at the annual Peace Memorial Ceremony held at the Peace Memorial Park in Naka Ward in the city. Addressing…...
P-40 Strafes YouTube
51+ min ago (354+ words) “Unlikely” doesn’t begin to describe a P-40 Warhawk strafing desert landscape with real.50-caliber machine guns spitting out live ammo in 2026. But there is new, artfully produced footage on YouTube of a P-40 Warhawk firing its six.50s at ground targets....
South Dakota Pilot Accounted For From Vietnam War
33+ min ago (209+ words) WASHINGTON—The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Air Force Col. Walter A. Renelt, 40, of Roberts County, South Dakota, who was killed during the Vietnam War, was accounted for June 23, 2025. Renelt’s family recently received their full briefing…...
Activists promote peace in honor of Hiroshima Day in Pittsfield's Park Square
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (934+ words) Participants from Jun Yasuda's peace walk and the Berkshire Citizens for Peace and Justice hold signs and beat drums during Thursday's protest at Park Square in Pittsfield. Tor Yacobellis, of New York, drumming in a blue shirt on the left,…...
Hiroshima survivor shares his story, marking Aug. 6, 1945, when the atomic bomb dropped
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (489+ words) August 6, 2026 / 7:13 PM PDT / CBS LA Today marks 81 years since the day American troops dropped the first of two nuclear bombs in Japan during World War II. A local man who was just seven years old when he survived the Hiroshima bombing…...
Hiroshima marks 81st anniversary of atomic bombing, officials appeal: Nuclear weapons cannot be justified as a means of security
11+ hour, 17+ min ago (553+ words) Hiroshima commemorated this Thursday the 81st anniversary of the American atomic bombing, the attack that destroyed the Japanese city on August 6, 1945 and caused the deaths of around 140 people. During the memorial ceremony at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Mayor Kazumi Matsui criticized…...
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 81 Years Since the Atomic Bombs That Changed the World
8+ hour, 4+ min ago (277+ words) The attacks on the Japanese cities mark another anniversary, as the country's authorities remember the victims of the tragedy. This Thursday marks the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was the first use of a nuclear…...
Hibakusha Groups Urge Japan Govt to Support Nuke Arms Ban Treaty
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (162+ words) Hiroshima, Aug. 7 (Jiji Press)--Seven organizations of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima Prefecture have urged the Japanese government to support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Officials of the groups handed a set of written requests, including…...
Hiroshima survivor shares his survival story of the Aug. 6, 1945, nuclear attack
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (28+ words) CBS News Hiroshima survivor shares his survival story of the Aug. 6, 1945, nuclear attack...