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'All hell broke loose': 104-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor in Moses Lake escaped two sinking ships in Pacific
12+ hour, 3+ min ago (1310+ words) Geb Galle was in his U.S. Navy dress whites getting ready for church when he looked out a porthole of the USS Nevada and saw planes coming toward Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor. The sailors heard, "Battle stations" soon after, said…...
'High Society' screening at the Fox shows how film is 'the epitome' of where Bing Crosby came from
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (850+ words) High Society" Vintage Movie Night Where: Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, 1001 W. Sprague Ave. In her book "The Star Machine," film historian Jeanine Basinger writes about the machine which turned "ordinary men and women into the gods and goddesses known…...
What to stream: 'Nuremberg' and more stories of justice
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (752+ words) In case you missed it when it was released in early November, it's a great week to catch up with "Nuremberg," the Russell Crowe-Rami Malek two-hander written and directed by James Vanderbilt, about the international tribunal that put the Nazi…...
‘Lest we ever forget’: Lilac City Pearl Harbor Survivors chapter commemorates 84th anniversary of attack
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (383+ words) A lei-clad crowd of veterans, widows, children and friends gathered at the Pearl Harbor Survivors Memorial Stone on Sunday to mark the Dec. 7, 1941, tragedy. None of the region's survivors are living, though retired U.S. Air Force Col. Brian Newberry read each…...
This day in history: Skies clear in time for Soap Box Derby Race, which turns out to be serious business for these kids
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (230+ words) From 1975: Rainstorms threatened to cause the cancellation of the 1975 Soap Box Derby Race, but the skies cleared, and the young racers went zipping down the Thor Street hill. The race was far more sophisticated than it was in the early…...
In 1917, a U.S. submarine sank in the fog. Experts just got detailed images.
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1042+ words) The captain of the F-1 submarine later testified that, in the fog, he didn't see the oncoming vessel until the last second. Someone yelled to close the main deck hatch, but it was too late. The other boat rammed the F-1 and…...
Monument honors resilient Spokane family forced into WWII internment camp
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (1439+ words) He was only about 5, but Harold Kawaguchi remembers when U.S. soldiers came to their Seattle farm, tossed him and his family into the back of an army truck and temporarily relocated them to a horse stall at the Puyallup Fairgrounds. His…...
Two World War II bombers grace the Spokane Airport's runways this weekend for anyone wanting to soar through the sky
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (436+ words) Sketched into the sides of the Maid in the Shade's bomb bay doors are the signatures of dozens of veterans who served in World War II. "We're probably not going to have many more signings just because there aren't any (people)…...
China’s Xi stands with Putin against international ‘bullying’
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1431+ words) Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping greeted one another as "dear friend" on Thursday as they met in Moscow's Grand Kremlin Palace, portraying their close partnership as a stabilizing force in a troubled world, and signing a…...
German city evacuates 20,000 after unexploded World War II bombs are found
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (462+ words) BERLIN " Some 20,500 people were being evacuated from the city of Cologne, in western Germany, as explosives experts prepared to defuse three unexploded World War II bombs found during construction work this week. Wednesday's evacuation, which comes after the discovery Monday…...