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Mission accomplished: Canonsburg ceremony reunites piece of bomber plane with WWII veteran
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (963+ words) Aug. 6 marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Among the more than 70,000 people killed that day were 12 American prisoners of war. One of those prisoners was 1st Lt. Joseph Dubinsky, 26, of Washington, the pilot of…...
Nagasaki remembers 81st anniversary of US bombing
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (525+ words) TOKYO -- Nagasaki marked on Sunday the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern city, as the mayor called nuclear weapons "absolute evil," denounced growing support for nuclear deterrence and called on the Japanese government to adhere to its three…...
World War II ships emerging in Danube River
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (306+ words) PRAHOVO, Serbia -- Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German warships are emerging into view. They are a curious distraction…...
Inaugural parade spreads patriotism
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1470+ words) EBENSBURG — American flags, scooters and horses packed the streets for Ebensburg’s first Independence Day parade as the community celebrated the nation’s 250th anniversary Saturday morning. Although the borough has hosted Christmas and Memorial Day parades in the past, Saturday was the…...
Martinsburg veteran to be inducted into In Memory Program
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (222+ words) Ceremony honors Vietnam veterans who died after returning home WASHINGTON, D.C. — Denny Ayers of Martinsburg is among more than 760 Vietnam veterans, including 47 from Pennsylvania, who will be inducted into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s In Memory Program in 2026. The In Memory…...
Symbolizing Connections: Created as IDs, US dog tags became crucial link between military families, fallen troops
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (407+ words) Family members often clench them as if they were still clasping their fallen loved one’s hands. Companions-in-arms have broken down reading them. More than a century after a U.S. Army chaplain pushed for “dog tags” to become standard issue for troops,…...
A quiet memorial: German artist lays ‘Stolpersteine’ to honor Holocaust victims
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (653+ words) BERLIN — Artist Gunter Demnig carefully placed a palm-sized Holocaust memorial brass plaque into the sidewalk on a busy street corner of Berlin. It said: “Johanna Berger, born in 1893, lived here; deported on Nov. 17, 1941, murdered on Nov. 25, 1941.” After Demnig had swiped…...
Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, youngest Tuskegee Airman, dies at 100
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (421+ words) Lt. Col. George Hardy, the youngest fighter pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first Black military pilots, has died. He was 100.\ Hardy was the last surviving combat pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen who went overseas. He died last week,…...
Trump seeking $1.5 trillion for defense in budget
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (1065+ words) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic programs. The sizable increase for the Pentagon, some 44%, had…...
Cambria ceremony marks 81st anniversary of Iwo Jima flag raising
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (214+ words) The Marine Corps League’s Detachment 287 will commemorate the 81st anniversary of the flag raising atop Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, in Franklin Borough. The borough in Cambria County is the home of Sgt. Michael Strank, who was…...