West Palm Beach centenarian reflects on extraordinary life of World War II heroism
West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...
Two Beaver County WWII soldiers killed 81 years ago in ship explosion remembered
PFC Peter Dudenich of Ambridge and PVT William Patrick Nairn of Aliquippa are among 58 Pennsylvania soldiers who died the morning of Jan. 26, 1944, when their ship struck a Nazi mine being remembered ...
Area fallen soldiers remembered 81 years after Allied landing craft sank off coast of Italy
When Allied forces landed on the Italian coast at Anzio 81 years ago, they began a four-month battle that left some 7,000 of ...
Omaha WWII Marine wounded at Iwo Jima dies at 98
Pfc. Duane Tunnyhill of Omaha was ready to die with his fellow Marines at Iwo Jima. He survived and lived another 80 years to become the last man ...
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80 Years Ago Elite US Soldiers Conducted Raid Liberating Over 500 POWs Behind Enemy Lines
Eighty years ago a company of U.S. Army Rangers and Filipino guerrilla fighters conducted the most successful rescue mission ...
More DEI fallout: Air Force scraps course that used videos of Tuskegee Airmen, female WWII pilots
The videos were shown to Air Force troops as part of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) courses they took during basic ...
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Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion Agencies are gripped with uncertainty about how to implement a blizzard of President Trump’s new policies as workers ...
How individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi persecution − a new view of history
Finding the stories of individual Jews who fought the Nazis publicly and at great peril helped a scholar see history ...
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World Wars in-depth
Our world has been shaped by two all-consuming conflicts - and by a global superpower stand-off that brought the world to the brink of destruction. Explore the in-depth sections below.