2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (505+ words) BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Frank Smothers has spent a century watching the world change. Along the way, he served his country in two wars, built a career as an Army engineer, raised a family and developed a lifelong love of reading....

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (646+ words) Tributes have been paid to Royal Navy and D-Day warrior Peter Smoothy after his death at 101. In 2024 - on the 80th anniversary of the landings - the hero returned to Normandy alongside the Express and choked back tears on the same beach where…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (184+ words) Negros Occidental marked the 81st Negros Island Victory Day on Wednesday with a tribute to Filipino guerrillas, Allied forces and World War II veterans who fought to liberate the island from Japanese occupation. Governor Bong Lacson led the commemoration at the…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (146+ words) Don't miss free access to Second World War records on Ancestry this week Leading family history website Ancestry is offering a unique chance to access 326 million UK family history records for free this week. The offer runs until 11.59pm on Sunday…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (861+ words) The U.S. Marine Corps needs the U.S. Navy for transport by ship and aviation support in war. To deliver paratroopers into a combat zone, the U.S. Army needs the U.S. Air Force to put them out over the Drop Zone. Additionally, all the services…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (495+ words) 09/08/2026 Sharon Swanepoel Community 0 By Stephen Milligan – the Walton Tribune Ogden Nash Saik was just coming to Piedmont Walton’s Outpatient Rehabilitation office for his usual Tuesday workout. After all, at 99 years old and counting, staying healthy and active is vitally important,…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (532+ words) Happy Birthday to Freddie Oversteegen (6 Sept 1925 – 5 Sept 2018), an extraordinary Dutch resistance member, saboteur and assassin during the occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. Oversteegen, her sister Truus, and friend Hannie Schaft provided Jewish children with safe houses, bombed…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (290+ words) A man has completed a zipline challenge for charity for his 93rd birthday. Charles Wylie told the BBC he had "great fun" on the zip wire in Brighton, East Sussex. "Now I know what an eagle must feel like when it's…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (287+ words) Fred Bickham with members of his family and the Yealm Branch of the RBL(Image: Royal Navy) A Royal Navy veteran who served in World War II has celebrated his 103rd birthday with a special personal message from the First Sea…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (344+ words) Tributes have been paid to World War 2 veteran Norman Irwin, who has died at the age of 107. Mr Irwin, who was Northern Ireland’s oldest man, served in north Africa during the war before going on to make a difference in…...