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Virginia town remembers the high price paid on D-Day
Twenty men from Bedford or the surrounding area were killed on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
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World War II vet Bob Maxwell, the oldest Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 98
World War II veteran Bob Maxwell, the nation’s oldest Medal of Honor recipient, has died in Oregon more than seven decades after grabbing a blanket and throwing himself on a German hand grenade in France to save his squad mates. He was 98.
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Renewed push to award gold medal to World War II Ghost Army
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators are renewing an effort to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Ghost Army of World War II.
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‘HistoPad’ offers new view of D-Day at National Museum of the US Air Force
The French and the Americans are working together again on a D-Day project — this time to give museum visitors the opportunity to travel back in time and experience the milestone World War II invasion 75 years later.
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Baseball field dedicated to 98-year-old US WWII veteran as Germans recall Berlin Airlift
Berliners on Sunday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport in the German capital.
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One by one, D-Day memories fade as war’s witnesses die
One more funeral, one less witness to the world’s worst war.
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V-E Day 1945: The celebration heard ’round the world
V-E Day, May 8, commemorates the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945, ending World War II in Europe.
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World War II vet, 95, dies during ‘Honor Flight’ trip
A 95-year-old former soldier died last weekend aboard a so-called Honor Flight carrying World War II veterans home to San Diego after an all-expenses-paid weekend trip to Washington.
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Unclaimed remains of 28 veterans to be interred in Oregon
The unclaimed cremated remains of 28 veterans have been removed from a mortuary in Roseburg, Oregon, to be stored at the Douglas County Courthouse until May, when they will be interred with full military honors.
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Meet a 94-year-old blind Navy veteran who decided to try downhill skiing
His next challenge will be competing at the National Veterans Golden Age Games in Alaska in June.
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Virginia town remembers the high price paid on D-Day
Twenty men from Bedford or the surrounding area were killed on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
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World War II vet Bob Maxwell, the oldest Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 98
World War II veteran Bob Maxwell, the nation’s oldest Medal of Honor recipient, has died in Oregon more than seven decades after grabbing a blanket and throwing himself on a German hand grenade in France to save his squad mates. He was 98.
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Renewed push to award gold medal to World War II Ghost Army
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators are renewing an effort to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Ghost Army of World War II.
-
‘HistoPad’ offers new view of D-Day at National Museum of the US Air Force
The French and the Americans are working together again on a D-Day project — this time to give museum visitors the opportunity to travel back in time and experience the milestone World War II invasion 75 years later.
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Baseball field dedicated to 98-year-old US WWII veteran as Germans recall Berlin Airlift
Berliners on Sunday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport in the German capital.
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One by one, D-Day memories fade as war’s witnesses die
One more funeral, one less witness to the world’s worst war.
-
V-E Day 1945: The celebration heard ’round the world
V-E Day, May 8, commemorates the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945, ending World War II in Europe.
-
World War II vet, 95, dies during ‘Honor Flight’ trip
A 95-year-old former soldier died last weekend aboard a so-called Honor Flight carrying World War II veterans home to San Diego after an all-expenses-paid weekend trip to Washington.
-
Unclaimed remains of 28 veterans to be interred in Oregon
The unclaimed cremated remains of 28 veterans have been removed from a mortuary in Roseburg, Oregon, to be stored at the Douglas County Courthouse until May, when they will be interred with full military honors.
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Meet a 94-year-old blind Navy veteran who decided to try downhill skiing
His next challenge will be competing at the National Veterans Golden Age Games in Alaska in June.
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Virginia town remembers the high price paid on D-Day
Twenty men from Bedford or the surrounding area were killed on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
-
World War II vet Bob Maxwell, the oldest Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 98
World War II veteran Bob Maxwell, the nation’s oldest Medal of Honor recipient, has died in Oregon more than seven decades after grabbing a blanket and throwing himself on a German hand grenade in France to save his squad mates. He was 98.
-
Renewed push to award gold medal to World War II Ghost Army
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators are renewing an effort to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Ghost Army of World War II.
-
‘HistoPad’ offers new view of D-Day at National Museum of the US Air Force
The French and the Americans are working together again on a D-Day project — this time to give museum visitors the opportunity to travel back in time and experience the milestone World War II invasion 75 years later.
-
Baseball field dedicated to 98-year-old US WWII veteran as Germans recall Berlin Airlift
Berliners on Sunday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport in the German capital.
-
One by one, D-Day memories fade as war’s witnesses die
One more funeral, one less witness to the world’s worst war.
-
V-E Day 1945: The celebration heard ’round the world
V-E Day, May 8, commemorates the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945, ending World War II in Europe.
-
World War II vet, 95, dies during ‘Honor Flight’ trip
A 95-year-old former soldier died last weekend aboard a so-called Honor Flight carrying World War II veterans home to San Diego after an all-expenses-paid weekend trip to Washington.
-
Unclaimed remains of 28 veterans to be interred in Oregon
The unclaimed cremated remains of 28 veterans have been removed from a mortuary in Roseburg, Oregon, to be stored at the Douglas County Courthouse until May, when they will be interred with full military honors.
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Meet a 94-year-old blind Navy veteran who decided to try downhill skiing
His next challenge will be competing at the National Veterans Golden Age Games in Alaska in June.
