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Holocaust survivors join March of the Living from Auschwitz | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
5+ hour, 47+ min ago (288+ words) WARSAW, Poland -- Holocaust survivors from around the world joined thousands of people Tuesday in the March of the Living, an annual event held at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in memory of the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi…...
UALR's Sequoyah National Research Center compiles data on WWI Native American and Alaskan military personnel | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
2+ week, 2+ day ago (133+ words) UALR's Sequoyah National Research Center compiles data on WWI Native American and Alaskan military personnel'Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette UALR's Sequoyah National Research Center compiles data on WWI Native American and Alaskan military personnel On Aug. 5, 1918, Robert Emil Bruce wrote a letter…...
PAPER TRAILS: Carroll County museum uncovers U. S. flag that survived Pacific Theater of World War II | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
2+ week, 3+ day ago (118+ words) PAPER TRAILS: Carroll County museum uncovers U. S. flag that survived Pacific Theater of World War II'Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette PAPER TRAILS: Carroll County museum uncovers U. S. flag that survived Pacific Theater of World War II For 50 years The Carroll County Heritage Museum in…...
Researchers to investigate Philippines site to locate remains of Arkansas soldier missing since WWII | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
2+ week, 4+ day ago (81+ words) Researchers to investigate Philippines site to locate remains of Arkansas soldier missing since WWII'Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Researchers to investigate Philippines site to locate remains of Arkansas soldier missing since WWII The search for the remains of an Arkansas soldier missing…...
BOOKS | OPINION: "Doom 34" by Springdale native recounts a top-secret mission | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (68+ words) BOOKS | OPINION: "Doom 34" by Springdale native recounts a top-secret mission'Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette BOOKS | OPINION: "Doom 34" by Springdale native recounts a top-secret mission At 4: 36 a. m. on the cold, foggy morning of Jan. Sean Clancy is a features reporter who also writes the…...
World War II Navy veteran stopped roller-skating at 90 | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
2+ mon, 7+ hour ago (89+ words) World War II Navy veteran stopped roller-skating at 90 Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette World War II Navy veteran stopped roller-skating at 90 Troy Braswell broke his wrist the first time he put on roller skates. Kimberly Dishongh writes the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's weekly "Right…...
Removal of Black soldiers" details at museum draws outcry - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (12+ words) Removal of Black soldiers" details at museum draws outcry'Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...
Removal of Black soldiers" details at museum draws outcry | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (902+ words) MARGRATEN, Netherlands -- Ever since a U. S. military cemetery in the southern Netherlands removed two displays recognizing Black troops who helped liberate Europe from the Nazis, visitors have filled the guestbook with objections. Sometime in the spring, the American Battle Monuments Commission,…...
The Great War helped shape Tolkien and Lewis
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (35+ words) A British soldier began writing "The Fall of Gondolin" while in a hospital bed, stricken by "trench disease" from the lethal front lines of World War I. A German soldier, the painter Otto Dix, later. .....
Remains of missing World War II airman identified, will return home to Garland County
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (33+ words) For at least five years, Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Russell Owen Chitwood remained misidentified amid the casualties from World War II in Europe. Then, he was marked as unidentified for roughly 77. .....