News
Letters: Lehigh County commissioners were right to oppose fascism
6+ hour, 13+ min ago (358+ words) I read The Morning Call's reporting on the Lehigh County Commissioners' antifascism vote. Some present expressed the view that this vote was beyond the purview of this body. Silence carries as much weight, if not more, on the subject. The…...
WWII nurses who dodged bullets and saved lives deserve Congressional honor, lawmakers say
3+ mon, 1+ 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…...
A chance meeting reconnected a Lehigh Valley teacher with her father, who died in World War II
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (730+ words) Louise Neal's father died when she was less than 5 years old. It was near the end of World War II, and the retired Bangor Area School District art teacher's father was far from home, in France, helping liberate Europe from…...
Opinion: On Veterans Day, I appreciate your thanks. But it isn’t that simple
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (253+ words) Opinion: Veterans Day brings out mixed emotions about author's time in the military I won't be at work this Veterans Day. I'm taking a day without pay. I'll be at a beach on the eastern coast of the United States....
War Stories In Their Own Words: 80 years ago, Wescosville man, 99, witnessed Japanese surrender in World War II
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1975+ words) For almost two years during World War II, Harley J. Wenninger manned a big gun on one of the most combat-hardened Navy vessels in the Pacific, what one writer called "the unbeatable ship that nobody ever heard of." A protector of…...
Torpedo memorial dedicated at Whitehall VFW post honors submarine veterans
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (622+ words) The "bubbleheads" were delighted, posing for picture after picture Friday morning in front of the newest memorial on the grounds of VFW Post 7293 " a 21-foot, 2,700 pound torpedo, left over from World War II and saved from the scrap heap by…...
‘Let us never forget their sacrifices:’ Lehigh Valley area World War II veterans, some 100 years old, mark 80th anniversary of VJ Day
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (586+ words) The kamikaze plane wasn't more than 90 feet away, about the length of a basketball court. Its intended target was Edward Czechowski and his crew. The 20-year-old Navy coxswain acted quickly, shooting down the plane with a 20-millimeter machine gun and…...
Japan and China commemorate World War II anniversary on different dates
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (524+ words) Japan remembers the victims in a solemn ceremony on Aug. 15, the day then-Emperor Hirohito announced in a crackly radio message that the government had surrendered, while China showcases its military strength with a parade on Sept. 3, the day after the…...
Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (920+ words) The U.S. attacks on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and three days later on Nagasaki killed more than 200,000 people by the end of that year. Others survived but with radiation illness. About 100,000 survivors are still alive. Many hid their experiences to protect themselves…...
Bucks County dedicates Quakertown bridge to Vietnam veteran killed in action
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (396+ words) As his family looked on, a Vietnam veteran missing in action for more than 30 years was remembered during a bridge dedication in Quakertown. Veterans, supporters, local governmental officials and Quakertown residents attended the Tuesday morning dedication, with appearances from the…...