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Fri., June 7, 2019
Felts Field open house event to feature World War II bombers
Visitors will have the opportunity to see rare vintage aircraft up close, including a B-25 Mitchell and a TBM Avenger – two American bombers introduced and flown during World War …
UPDATED: Thu., June 6, 2019
D-Day at 75: Nations honor veterans, memory of fallen
With silent remembrance and respect, nations honored the fallen and the singular bravery of all Allied troops who sloshed through bloodied water to the beaches of Normandy 75 years ago …
Thu., June 6, 2019
Trump tells D-Day veterans they’re among greatest Americans
On a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach, President Donald Trump on Thursday lauded the heroism of American and Allied service members who participated in the D-Day invasion, saying they “they came …
Thu., June 6, 2019
From loss to liberation: Germany’s evolving postwar attitude
When Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked the Allies for the D-Day invasion and the “liberation” of Germany in World War II, she might have raised some eyebrows internationally. To those at …
UPDATED: Thu., June 6, 2019
Finding peace amid the horror of Normandy
On the afternoon of June 6, 1944, U.S. Army clerk Bill Luke took solace from the Bible he carried into the hell of Omaha Beach.
Thu., June 6, 2019
Joe Meiners became a medic on Utah Beach and dragged soldiers to safety
Joe Meiners prayed before the ramp dropped onto Utah Beach. Then gunfire ripped through the landing craft.
Thu., June 6, 2019
From Omaha to the Elbe, Bill Luke helped pave the way for the liberation of France
The bullets were still flying when Bill Luke reached the bloody sands of Omaha Beach on the afternoon of June 6, 1944. That hadn’t been part of the plan.
Thu., June 6, 2019
‘Join the Navy and see the world’ slogan landed Toppenish sailor aboard USS Nevada on D-Day
“Join the Navy and see the world,” the recruiting posters beckoned to Roger McCarthy in the summer of 1942. Two years later, on the morning of June 6, 1944, Roger …
Thu., June 6, 2019
Ben Brooks faced deadly reality as he stepped onto bloody Omaha Beach
As his landing craft approached Omaha Beach on the morning of June 6, 1944, Ben Brooks could see bodies floating in the surf. “I thought they were dummies,” he said. …
Thu., June 6, 2019
The war at home: How Spokane’s newspapers covered the Allied invasion of France
By the spring of 1944, the people of Spokane had grown accustomed to wartime news. Every day, the headlines screamed from the pages of The Spokesman-Review and the Spokane Daily …
UPDATED: Wed., June 5, 2019
Trump honors D-Day vets, discusses Vietnam deferment
President Donald Trump has joined world leaders to praise alliances and military service ahead of the anniversary of D-Day.
Wed., June 5, 2019
’Thank you’: Queen honors D-Day veterans at moving ceremony
Queen Elizabeth II and world leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump gathered Wednesday on the south coast of England to honor the troops who risked and sacrificed their lives 75 …
UPDATED: Wed., June 5, 2019
‘Woo-hoo!’ At 97, D-Day veteran parachutes into Normandy
Parachutists are jumping over Normandy again, just as soldiers did 75 years ago for D-Day – but this time without being shot at. Engines throbbing, C-47 transport planes dropped group …
Fri., May 24, 2019
WWII Code Talker and longtime NM lawmaker dies at 94
John Pinto, a Navajo Code Talker in World War II who became one of the nation’s longest serving Native American elected officials as a New Mexico state senator, has died. …
Fri., May 24, 2019
Ready, aim, oops! Historic tank turns lemon-lime yellow
A Korean War era tank owned by the West Virginia National Guard has turned bright lemon-lime yellow. The reason was a mystery until the sponsor of a science fiction club …
Tue., May 21, 2019
WWII plane rescued from boneyard to join D-Day anniversary
Filled with paratroopers, a U.S. warplane lumbered down an English runway in 1944 to spearhead the World War II D-Day invasion with a message for Adolf Hitler painted in bright …
Fri., May 17, 2019
A separate war: Pioneering black Marines endured, prevailed
It was the dress blue uniforms that drew John Thompson to join the U.S. Marines, where black men were not welcome, so he could defend a country that denied him …
Tue., May 14, 2019
Poland’s report on WWII damages readied for war anniversary
A study commissioned by the Polish government to assess the cost of Nazi Germany’s occupation will be published on the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, on …
Mon., May 13, 2019
Denied graves by Nazis, resistance fighters finally buried
Executed for standing up against Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship and then denied graves so as not to become a rallying point for others, the partial remains of 300 Nazi resistance fighters …
Thu., May 9, 2019
One by one, D-Day memories fade as war’s witnesses die
One more funeral, one less witness to the world’s worst war. Bernard Dargols lived almost long enough to join the celebrations next month marking 75 years since the D-Day, 75 …
Wed., May 8, 2019
Auschwitz Museum protests death camp images on skirts, bags
The Auschwitz Memorial and Museum has complained to an e-commerce site that was selling miniskirts, tote bags and other items printed with photos of the former Nazi German death camp …
Thu., May 2, 2019
Young Jews march in Poland to remember Holocaust victims
Thousands of young Jews from around the world joined Holocaust survivors and politicians Thursday for an annual Holocaust remembrance march in southern Poland that focuses on fighting anti-Semitism and hatred.
UPDATED: Wed., May 1, 2019
Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day with solemn ceremony
Israel has begun commemorating its Holocaust Remembrance Day in memory of the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators in World War II.
Thu., April 25, 2019
Italy marks liberation anniversary as some glorify Mussolini
Italian leaders on Thursday marked Liberation Day, which celebrates the end of the country’s Fascist dictatorship during World War II, with appeals against glorifying dictator Benito Mussolini.
UPDATED: Fri., April 19, 2019
Warsaw synagogue ‘reappears’ on anniversary of ghetto revolt
The Great Synagogue of Warsaw, which was destroyed by German forces during World War II, made a brief reappearance as an apparition of light during commemorations for the Ghetto Uprising …
UPDATED: Wed., April 17, 2019
Greek PM says he will revive bid for German WWII reparations
Greece’s prime minister says his government will formally revive a long-standing demand for Germany to pay vast reparations for the World War II Nazi occupation.
Wed., March 27, 2019
Tlingit Code Talkers feted in Alaska for World War II role
Army veteran Richard Bean Sr. took his wartime secret to the grave, dying a hero without anyone knowing about it for decades. Now Bean and four other long-deceased Alaska Natives …
Sun., March 10, 2019
Jayita Sarkar: How World War II shaped the crisis in Myanmar
Declassified records from British archives reveal that the origins of the current plight of the Rohingya people in Myanmar can be traced to their participation in World War II.
UPDATED: Wed., Feb. 20, 2019
Sailor in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies at 95
The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95.
UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 22, 2019
Russia, Japan make no visible progress on WWII territorial spat
The leaders of Russia and Japan acknowledged Tuesday that settling a decades-long territorial dispute poses a daunting challenge but vowed to continue negotiations. The Soviet Union took the four southernmost …