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Memorial Day is an occasion to remember the men and women who went off to war and never returned. But it is also fitting on this day to recall the soldiers, sailors and Marines who served in World War II and came back. Those men and women and ...
May 28, 2012 at 06:56 | Source: San Francisco Gate
A World War II plane giving rides to aviation enthusiasts made a bumpy landing Saturday afternoon at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The landing gear on the B-24 bomber known as “The Diamond Lil” – one of only two such bombers ...
May 27, 2012 at 10:32 | Source: The News & Observer
SCARBOROUGH -- As banners are hung and parades planned for Memorial Day, Jim Robinson's thoughts invariably travel to the South Pacific and the men who never came home from war. "This is something you always carry the rest of your life," said ...
May 28, 2012 at 03:50 | Source: Kennebec Journal
Three years ago, veterans of World War II were the grand marshals of the Ogden Veterans Day parade. That’s where Norm Nelson gave me a list of all the World War II vets he knew in Box Elder County. There were 27. I recently showed that list to ...
May 27, 2012 at 04:20 | Source: Ogden Standard-Examiner
James Millin of La Crosse was a gunner in a B-17 bomber in World War II, and now, at 90, he’s the final survivor of the “All-American Crew.” The crew is one of many fading into history as the last of the World War II veterans approach the end of ...
May 28, 2012 at 11:57 | Source: La Crosse Tribune
Sometimes, Sanford Walke wonders how he even survived. Maybe it was luck. Or grace. Whatever the reason, with the approach of Memorial Day, the 89-year-old World War II veteran is happy to still be around to relate his story as a prisoner of war ...
May 26, 2012 at 16:38 | Source: St. Petersburg Times
Julius Singleton deliberately weighed the thick packet of 77 photographs in his hand. "Seeing these pictures meant a lot to me, and I'm an Army guy," said Singleton, 62, a retired 1st sergeant, in his Clarksville, Tenn., home. "This is my gift ...
May 27, 2012 at 17:06 | Source: Detroit Free Press
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Fort Campbell soldier has turned his lifelong passion for finding military artifacts into a mission to discover what happened to a young World War II pilot missing since 1945. What started as a hobby for Sgt.
May 27, 2012 at 16:51 | Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
Jose Wirebaugh, 89, spoke to two dozen 9th-grade students at Escondido Community Day School Thursday about his experiences in honor of Memorial Day. Wirebaugh spoke to the students about being drafted into the Army Air Corps in 1942 and the 58 ...
May 25, 2012 at 19:10 | Source: San Diego Channel
The timeline in particular is packed with content like streaming audio and video that will give you a better look at World War II from the perspective of a citizen of the era. If you are connected to the Internet, multiple hours of content will ...
May 26, 2012 at 14:36 | Source: ABC News