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During WWII, thousands of Long Islanders built aircrafts—but many of their names were never recorded
Working on the Home Front, 1942–1945." exhibit features a collection of about 50 black-and-white photographs of wartime ...
Shipwreck fragment linked to one of WWII’s strangest rescue tales
During the Battle of Tassafaronga, the USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese torpedo that detonated its forward magazines, ...
How a Monopoly board helped World War II prisoners get out of jail free
In the book “Monopoly X,” Philip E. Orbanes tells the true story of how a doctored version of the classic board game was used ...
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Family of Salem brothers killed in WWII honored for their sacrifice
The author of the book 'Brothers in Arms,' which tells the stories of brothers buried side-by-side in military cemeteries, ...
‘Welcome home, Sir’: WWII hero returns to Utah more than 8 decades after being shot down over France
Relatives, soldiers and airmen gather for the funeral of 1st Lt. George F. "Frankie" Wilson — a native Utahn who was killed ...
WWII tank demonstrations taking place at Morgan Co. Fair
Residents near the Morgan County Fairgrounds may hear a few loud booms throughout the day on Wednesday — but those sounds are ...
World War II-era service rifle among items stolen from Norfolk self-storage units
A man and woman have pleaded guilty to breaking into several self-storage units in Norfolk. According to the Norfolk ...
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I Discovered an Abandoned WWII Aircraft Hidden in a Chinese Forest
Deep in a remote Chinese forest, I stumbled upon a forgotten relic from World War II — an abandoned military plane left ...
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US envoy calls Russian strikes on Ukraine catastrophic as civilian deaths reach WWII scale
Russian attacks on Ukraine have reached horrific levels in recent weeks. The civilian death toll evokes comparisons to World ...