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Stearns County Museum hosting free WWII event
The Stearns County Museum is hosting a free event to learn more about World War II. FOX 9 host Leah Beno spoke to museum ...
WWII American warship's severed bow found 80 years after being blown off in battle
After 80 years, researchers located the bow of USS New Orleans torn off by a Japanese torpedo during a 1942 WWII naval battle ...
Anna Mae Robertson, Member of WWII’s ‘Six Triple Eight’ Unit, Dies at 101
The unit of 855 Black women was celebrated for clearing a massive backlog of undelivered mail for American service members.
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USS New Orleans lost its bow in WWII but kept fighting. Now the wreckage has been found.
The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled ...
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'So We Leapt' photo exhibit showcases CHamoru resilience post-WWII
Dorothy Perez Williams was 11 years old when the Japanese bombed Sumai. She survived the initial attack thanks to her father, ...
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Polk Family honored to have Louisiana Army base named after WWII hero father
FORT POLK - In a ceremony Friday at the Fort Polk Joint Readiness Training Center, the Vernon Parish Army base was ...
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He Survived 40 Degreed Below Zero During WWII!
He Survived 40 Degreed Below Zero During WWII! Petrol stations run dry after oil refinery collapse ‘Superman’ star Nathan Fillion staunchly defends his character’s extreme hairstyle: ‘I was team bowl ...
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 ...
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Fort Johnson honors WWII general and becomes Fort Polk — again
Polk now refers to a General James H. Polk, a World War II cavalryman who became a commander of U.S. Army Europe.
Thousands gather in Srebrenica on 30th anniversary of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since WWII
Thousands of people from Bosnia and around the world are gathering in Srebrenica to mark the 30th anniversary of the massacre ...
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WWII movie set to begin filming in Troy
History is coming to life right here in the Capital Region as Downtown Troy turns into a movie set once again. Filming is starting Tuesday for a World War II feature film. Downtown Troy is no stranger ...
Missing bow of World War II cruiser found after 83 years
On Nov. 30, 1942, the USS New Orleans was in the middle of a pitched battle off of Guadalcanal. A Japanese torpedo scored a ...