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MC Historical Society meeting highlights WWII munitions giant | Living | djournal. com
7+ hour, 32+ min ago (241+ words) MC Historical Society meeting highlights WWII munitions giant Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal NETTLETON " Supposedly, one-fourth of the ammunition the United States used during World War II was made at the Gulf Ordnance Plant in Prairie. While the megasite slowly subsided…...
Moscow marks Victory Day with a Red Square parade under tight security
3+ week, 2+ day ago (16+ words) Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal...
Russia to hold a Victory Day parade without military equipment for the 1st time in nearly 2 decades
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (383+ words) The Russian Defense Ministry says the traditional Victory Day parade will take place without military equipment. It will be the first time since 2008 and during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 that no military vehicles will take part in the…...
Poland and Israel mark Holocaust Remembrance Day in photos
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (224+ words) People take part in the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate the Holocaust, a yearly Holocaust remembrance march between the former death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. A man stands in front of…...
Man who found over 1, 000 pieces of WWII plane looking for pilot's family
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (72+ words) Danny Jones found parts of the fallen WWII Spitfire with his metal detector. (Tony Kershaw via SWNS) A metal detectorist is trying to find the family of a WWII pilot after finding 1, 500 pieces of his downed Spitfire in woodlands. (Tony…...
Researchers solve 85-year-old mystery of unknown soldier from WWII
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (69+ words) Trooper Fred Tingle was identified as the previously unknown soldier from WWII. (Crown Copyright via SWNS) A World War II soldier has finally been laid to rest in a marked grave following amazing detective work by two researchers. Fred Tingle's…...
Germany's WWII munitions a toxic legacy on Baltic Sea floor
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (135+ words) Researchers are taking water samples from various depths during the three-week voyage An open sea mine on the seafloor of the Baltic Sea, seen in an image from the GEOMAR oceanographic research centre The research vessel Alkor of the GEOMAR…...
Getting out of wars is harder than getting in
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (472+ words) Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Some years after the most successful U. S. war of recent decades " the 1991 rout of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's forces from Kuwait " Gen. Colin Powell articulated the principles that guided the Bush administration's strategy. "Decide what you are…...
Exhibit honors Japanese Americans who fought for US in WWII while their families were locked up
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (281+ words) Rosalyn Tonai, Executive Director at the National Japanese American Historical Society, walks through the "I am an American: The Nisei Soldier Experience" exhibit during an interview at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. The…...
Marble marker to honor Black WWI soldiers
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (247+ words) Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Shown is a rendering and dimensions for a planned marker in front of Lowndes County Courthouse that will honor local soldiers who lost their lives in World War I but whose names were omitted from the…...