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Honor Flight Network establishes hub in New Bern
3+ hour ago (119+ words) NEW BERN, N.C. (WITN) - An organization that offers honor flights to veterans is making one Eastern Carolina city its new hub. New Bern is now one of 130 honor flight hubs. The nonprofit offers veterans a free trip to Washington, D.C. to visit…...
Student helps 99-year-old veteran return to site where he lost his hand in World War II
2+ week, 3+ day ago (462+ words) BERKS COUNTY, Pa. (WPVI) - A 99-year-old World War II veteran recently returned to Germany to the site where he lost his hand decades ago. The trip was all thanks to a Pennsylvania college student with a passion for history. "Given…...
Woman celebrating 114th birthday on July Fourth says potatoes are her secret to a long life
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (334+ words) CANTON, Mich. (WXYZ) " Bonita Gibson, one of the oldest people in the United States, calls Canton, Michigan, home. She will celebrate her 114th birthday on the Fourth of July. She is believed to be the oldest living person in Michigan and…...
World War II veteran turns 100 years old
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (269+ words) ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB/Gray News) - A World War II veteran in Louisiana is celebrating a milestone birthday. JD Leatherman, known to his friends as "Woo," is proudly turning 100. The centenarian has lived his whole life in the same house on…...
ECU’s Joyner Library hosts end of World War II 80th anniversary commemoration exhibit
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (77+ words) ECU's Joyner Library hosts end of World War II 80th anniversary commemoration exhibitPolice have released the names of the two teenagers killed in separate Greenville shootings Friday. Police ... ECU's Joyner Library hosts end of World War II 80th anniversary commemoration exhibit Man…...
Russia declares a 72-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for next week to mark Victory Day in World War II
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (1032+ words) The Kremlin said the truce, ordered on "humanitarian grounds," will run from the start of May 8 and last through the end of May 10 to mark Moscow's defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 " Russia's biggest secular holiday. That timing translates to start…...
Slain WWII prisoner of war honored by family and Walstonburg community
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (409+ words) WALSTONBURG, N.C. (WITN) - The family of a man killed in World War II, whose remains were never found after he was killed in action, celebrated his life Tuesday. WALSTONBURG, N.C. (WITN) - The family of a man killed in World War II, whose…...