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US aims to exhume and identify 88 USS Arizona crew members buried as unknowns after Pearl Harbor
5+ hour, 48+ min ago (617+ words) It's part of an effort to use advances in DNA technology to attach names to those the military was unable to identify after the aerial assault 85 years ago. The disinterments from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific are due…...
Letters from a WWII soldier to his sweetheart offer an intimate picture of love during wartime
3+ week, 2+ day ago (850+ words) The letters by William Raymond Whittaker and Jane Dean were found in a Nashville home that had belonged to Jane and her siblings. They were donated in 2016 to the Metro Nashville Archives. Whittaker, who went by Ray, was from New…...
Japanese American soldiers once branded ‘enemy aliens’ to be promoted posthumously
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (653+ words) By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER The seven were students at the University of Hawaii and cadets in the Reserve Officer Training Corps, on track to become Army officers, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. They initially served in the Hawaii…...
US removal of panels honoring Black soldiers at WWII cemetery in the Netherlands draws backlash
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (880+ words) By MOLLY QUELL, Associated Press Sometime in the spring, the American Battle Monuments Commission, the U.S. government agency responsible for maintaining memorial sites outside of the United States, removed the panels from the visitors center at the American Cemetery in Margraten,…...
Betty Reid Soskin, oldest National Park Service ranger, dies at 104
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (733+ words) Her family and the park service announced her death through social media, saying she was surrounded by loved ones at her home in California when she died Sunday. They did not release a cause of death. "She was a powerful…...
D-Day veteran Charles Shay, who saved lives on Omaha Beach, dies at 101 in France
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (644+ words) By SYLVIE CORBET and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER, Associated Press Shay died at his home in Bretteville-L'Orgueilleuse in France's Normandy region, his longtime friend and carer Marie-Pascale Legrand said. Shay, of the Penobscot tribe and from Indian Island in the U.S. state of…...
WWII nurses who dodged bullets and saved lives deserve Congressional honor, lawmakers say
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1047+ words) By JANIE HAR, Associated Press Some nurses were killed by enemy fire. Others spent years as prisoners of war. Most returned home to quiet lives, receiving little recognition. Darrow sat with patients, even after-hours. One of them had arrived at…...
Honoring WWII veterans and supporting seniors in PA
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (320+ words) The Battle of the Bulge, fought from Dec. 16., 1944, to Jan. 25, 1945, was Germany's final major offensive in the European theater. The surprise attack through Belgium's Ardennes region aimed to split Allied lines and capture the port of Antwerp. Despite freezing temperatures,…...
Today in History: October 3, Germany reunifies after 45 years
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (383+ words) Today is Friday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2025. There are 89 days left in the year. On Oct. 3, 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a reunified country. In 1944, during World War II, U.S. Army troops…...
Brandywine Battlefield to hold Remembrance Day
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (118+ words) Brandywine Battlefield Park in Chadds Ford will hold Remembrance Day on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. Visitors can gather to honor the courage, sacrifice, and unyielding spirit of those who fought at the Battle of Brandywine on Sept. 11, 1777. Nearly 30,000 soldiers clashed that…...