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75 years ago: Marine Corps to open a Bloomington recruiting office
8+ hour, 13+ min ago (790+ words) Learn to navigate the Newspapers.com database, perform browsing and complex search functions, and save clippings using a free user account. Tutorial developed by the University of Alabama Libraries. libraries.ua.edu Transcript: Hi, my name is Alex, and in…...
War correspondent Richard Little a witness to history
1+ week, 4+ day ago (113+ words) Life will have few charms for him until hell breaks loose again," The Pantagraph wrote of favorite son Richard Henry Little in 1920. Pieces From Our Past is a weekly column by the McLean County Museum of History. Bill Kemp is…...
Purple Heart returned to family of Illinois WWII veteran
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (1217+ words) LANSING " In the hard-fought campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II, 22-year-old Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord of suburban Lansing was hit with shrapnel during a key battle on the island of Luzon. Van Der Noord survived…...
Saito family sought American dream, lived nightmare in WWII
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (1754+ words) The United Nations heritage agency, UNESCO, enshrined Japanese sake as part of the "intangible cultural heritage of humanity," alongside Brazilian white cheese, Caribbean cassava bread, and Palestinian olive oil soap, among other cultural products worldwide. Sake, the smooth rice wine…...
Local Red Cross women 'civilian soldiers' in WWII effort
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1753+ words) Director of Development Norris Porter talks about the Country Financial 100th anniversary exhibit on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, on the first floor of the McLean County Museum of History. Many people are familiar with the iconic folk hero "Rosie the Riveter," a representative…...
Missing over 80 years, Bloomington soldier at last laid to rest
9+ mon, 4+ day ago (1433+ words) The procession for Pfc. Robert Bryant took place on Saturday, April 12, 2025 in Bloomington. Bryant was killed in acting while serving in WWII and declared unrecoverable. His remains were identified over 80 years later." The procession for Pfc. Robert Bryant took place…...
WWII soldier missing for over 80 years returning to Bloomington Thursday; burial planned April 12
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (509+ words) Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being eliminated, part of a sweeping overhaul designed to vastly shrink the agencies responsible for protecting and promoting Americans" health. BLOOMINGTON" A funeral will…...
Letter: Tuskegee Airmen deserve honor, not erasure
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (262+ words) I was appalled to learn that the Air Force is interpreting Trump's executive order on diversity, equity and inclusion and eliminating all references to the famed Tuskegee Airmen (the first Black pilot squadron) from its academic curriculum. I was appalled…...
WWII soldier from Bloomington identified in 1943 remains from Italy
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (547+ words) BLOOMINGTON " The remains of one of Bloomington's own who died in Italy during World War II have been identified after 80 long years." He will be buried in Richmond, Virginia, this coming April. Pfc. Robert L. Bryant of the U.S. Army's Company B,…...