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How a local family is reshaping the Albuquerque Sunport
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (1480+ words) Not many people know the Albuquerque International Sunport as well as Lenny Fresquez, who puts in about 7,000 steps walking the airport every day. "Sometimes I wonder how many miles I have on that brick over 30 years," he said. Lenny Fresquez…...
How a Soviet war hero secretly fell in love with America's favorite drink
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (928+ words) Put yourself in his position. You've just led a 6.5-million-man army across half a continent, ending four years of brutal war that's left nearly 27 million of your countrymen dead. You've just defeated the greatest military machine since Napoleon's Grande Arm'e…...
Legendary war correspondents who risked it all to tell history's truth
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (486+ words) BOOKS ON THE BOSQUE Keith Warren Lloyd will discuss his book "The War Correspondents: The'Incredible Stories of the Brave Men and Women Who Covered the Fight'Against Hitler's Germany" at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at Books on the Bosque. The book covers reportage…...
'Once a Marine, always a Marine': Retired Maj. Fred Ballek, 100, served in the Marine Corps during three wars
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (140+ words) Fred Ballek, 100, served as a U.S. Marine in World War II, Korea and Vietnam wars. He is at his home in Alamogordo on Oct. 28. Fred Ballek, 100, has a collection of military hats at his home in Alamogordo. Fred Ballek, 100, was given…...
'This is his dream': Soon-to-be 100-year-old WWII vet flies in P-51 for first time since Korean War
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (314+ words) Mikey Gibson stands close to his wife, Amber Gibson, as she tearfully watches her 99-year-old grandfather, Air Force veteran Bernie Armstrong, take to the skies in a P-51 Mustang with pilot Joe Shetterly at Cutter Aviation in Albuquerque on Wednesday. Armstrong…...
'Feel the thunder': Soar above the Albuquerque skies in World War II planes
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (128+ words) B-29 Superfortress "Doc" sits at Cutter Aviation on Monday. B-29 Superfortress "Doc" crew member Ryan Zimmerman wipes oil off the plane at Cutter Aviation in Albuquerque on Monday. A P-51 "Gunfighter" sits inside the Cutter Aviation hangar on Monday. People will have an…...
German art exhibition at Albuquerque Museum explores life under fascism
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (226+ words) "Self-Portrait with an Orange," Kate Diehn-Bitt, 1930. Installation view of "Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-1945: Masterworks from the Neue Nationalgalerie" at the Albuquerque Museum. Editor's note: "Modern Art and Politics in Germany, 19101945" contains historical artworks that may include imagery that…...
'It's just a memory': Stella Lavadie, 104-year-old WWII vet, receives national military award
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (267+ words) One-hundred-and four-year-old retired WWII veteran from the Women's Army Corp Stella A. Lavadie, left, tells stories to Liz Bryant, president of the Women Veterans of New Mexico, Wednesday. This was after Lavadie received the Living Legend Award through the Military Women's…...
'Launching Liberty' a humane, richly reported epic of wartime capitalism
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (452+ words) Despite careful planning and a tightly stage-managed ceremony, "Pat," the star of the show, made its splash prematurely. It was Sept. 27, 1941, when thousands of people turned up at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore to watch the first of a new…...
Clyde Lowell Long Jr. Lt. Colonel Clyde Lowell Long, Jr.,
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (686+ words) Clyde Lowell Long Jr. Lt. Colonel Clyde Lowell Long, Jr., age 76, passed away on August 1, 2025, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A proud native of Roswell, New Mexico, he was born there on March 22, 1949. Clyde's life was marked by a deep commitment…...