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WWI soldier's postcard from home helps unite his family after a century
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (613+ words) Dozens of mourners attended a memorial service in western Belgium on Wednesday during which six new white marble headstones were dedicated to the British soldiers whose remains were recently identified through the use of archival research and DNA analysis. The…...
Oldest Pearl Harbor survivor is keeping memory of the surprise bombing alive at 106
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1104+ words) Posted today at 7: 18am Freeman Johnson, who turned 106 in March, never witnessed the surprise attack. He never heard his shipmates firing antiaircraft guns at the attacking planes " shooting down a torpedo plane. By the time he was topside, the St. Louis,…...
Albrecht Weinberg, a Holocaust survivor who returned to Germany in his 80s, dies at 101
4+ week, 1+ day ago (394+ words) Posted today at 12: 19pm Weinberg died in Leer, in northwestern Germany, weeks after he marked his birthday and the premiere of a film about his life, "Es ist immer in meinem Kopf" ("It is always in my head"), attended by hundreds…...
Moscow marks Victory Day with a Red Square parade under tight security
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (614+ words) Posted today at 12: 19am Security was tight in Moscow as Putin and several foreign leaders attended the parade, even as a U. S. -brokered three-day ceasefire eased concerns about possible Ukrainian attempts to disrupt the festivities. Putin, in power for more than a…...
UBS urges US judge to curb liability for Nazi-linked crimes
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (599+ words) Posted today at 4: 57pm NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) " UBS urged a U. S. judge on Tuesday to shield it from new Holocaust-related litigation arising from an investigation of the former Credit Suisse's activities during World War Two. A" lawyer for UBS asked U. S. District…...
Exhibit honors Japanese American who fought for US in WWII while their families were locked up
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (598+ words) Posted yesterday at 11: 18pm Decades after they returned home from the war to face more racism and discrimination, the soldiers now are being honored in a new traveling exhibit kicking off in San Francisco called "I am an American: The Nisei…...