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A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach on D-Day will receive an award the World ...
A Nazi captain gave artwork, which depicts an intimate Roman romance, to a civilian. When he died, his heirs decided to ...
Private First Class Norman R. Thomas, a World War II veteran who went missing in action, was laid to rest in Chilton County ...
Speaker Frank F. Blas Jr. seeks to rename Route 6 the “World War II Survivors Memorial Highway,” as part of efforts to honor ...
He survived the hell of war and a POW camp, only to die in a heat wave in Chicago,” said a retired army captain Thursday as ...
HOMEWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- There was a special honor Thursday for a World War II veteran who died alone during Chicago's 1995 ...
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If you visit World War II Weekend in Berwick today through Sunday, you’ll likely see vintage Jeeps, military trucks, and ...
A World War II veteran who helped liberate France celebrated his 101st birthday Thursday at one of the finest restaurants in the world. CBS News New York's Steve Overmyer takes us to a birthday ...
Zamperini's dream of participating in the 1940 Tokyo Olympics was thwarted by World War II. The games were canceled and he traded his track shorts for a military uniform, thus commencing his second ...
There was a special honor Thursday for a World War II veteran who died alone during Chicago's 1995 heat wave.
Armed with Gloster Gladiators—an aircraft already considered obsolete—RAF pilots over Malta repelled Axis air raids for days.
Thomas was a member of 48th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in ...