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The ‘Old Guard’ marks centennial of watching over Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (1120+ words) For over 100 years, Arlington National Cemetery has been the site of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, but it hasn't always been guarded " or revered. Following the soldier's 1921 internment, the burial site was unguarded and often treated as a tourist…...
Competing with Dick Bong to be WWII’s top ace this pilot met a fateful end
1+ week, 2+ day ago (905+ words) On 7 January 1945, while leading a voluntary fighter sweep over Negros Island, he risked an extremely low altitude in an attempt to save a fellow flier from attack, crashed and was reported missing in action." This was the last of several…...
Trailer released for World War II drama ‘Pressure,’ starring Brendan Fraser
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (543+ words) On June 6, 1944, over 160,000 Allied troops were sent across the English Channel onto the beaches of Normandy, France, marking the assault on Western Europe. Yet the operation, dubbed Operation Overlord, almost ended in disaster before it even began. Now, the upcoming…...
American MIA group and Filipino Muslim government unite to bring home World War II servicemen
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1600+ words) For several generations, the rain-soaked soils of Mindanao Island have slowly swallowed the remains of scores of American and Filipino soldiers who vanished in the chaos and brutality of World War II. But it was only a temporary reprieve for Fort....
‘We are all Jews’: Soldier who defied his German captors to be awarded Medal of Honor
2+ week, 3+ day ago (913+ words) After more than 80 years " and a decade after he was recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the "Righteous Among the Nations" " Roddie Edmonds will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor, a White House official confirmed to Military Times on…...
The Medal of Honor recipient who became a ‘One-Man Regiment of Iwo Jima’
2+ week, 4+ day ago (718+ words) It had been one week since roughly 60,000 service members rushed ashore the sulfurous outcropping that was Iwo Jima. Despite the island being barely 10 square miles in area, "assault troops," writes the Naval History and Heritage Command, "were to be subjected…...
During WWI this sailor saved his fellow mate from noxious toilet fumes — earning him the Medal of Honor
2+ week, 6+ day ago (252+ words) The Great War in Europe was raging at that time, but the United States was still neutral, with the New York helping to maintain that neutrality. Amid all the maintenance activity, Coxswain W.L. Campbell, in charge of the 1st Division, ordered the…...
How chocolate became one of the US military’s most important WWII rations
3+ week, 2+ day ago (310+ words) In the early American military, specifically the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, food, logistics, medicine and morale were inseparable. Chocolate and cocoa fit that world neatly. They were calorie-dense, easy to transport and more shelf-stable than most comforts soldiers…...
‘Reduced to atoms’: The devastating 1945 Allied bombing campaign in Dresden
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1157+ words) For 15 hours beginning on the night of Feb. 13, 1945, the historic city of Dresden, celebrated as the "German Florence" was battered by Allied warplanes. Until that date, Germany's seventh largest city with its 600,000 inhabitants " and roughly 700,000 refugees " had emerged from the…...
Woo your significant other this Valentine’s Day with the help of some WWII acronyms
3+ week, 3+ day ago (422+ words) For those who are romantically inclined to celebrate Valentine's Day this weekend, skip the tired "Be Mine" cards and really woo your significant other with some historic, bawdy acronyms. Drawing on inspiration from World War II letters, let your partner…...