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North Africans' experiences of World War II often go unheard
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGerman troops marching through Tunis in 1943. Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images In...
World War II Veteran honored with medals
WLAX La Crosse via Yahoo News· 1 month agoEAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – Congressman Derrick Van Orden today honoring a 102-year-old Chippewa Falls veteran 81 years after his service ended. First...
The last Germans to surrender in World War I
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDemobilization after World War I. (German Federal Archives) World War I officially ended on November 11, 1918. But in a war that spans continents, there...
Why do we eat ‘lucky’ black-eyed peas? In 1937, a Texan sold the idea to FDR and America
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIt took Texas to make America swallow the idea of lucky New Year’s black-eyed peas. More than 85...
Fighting a double war: a Black journalist in WWII
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere is news, and news. A celebrity sighting is one kind. A nation in default is another. But the most urgent news of all, the ultimate News You Can...
Wreckage from WWII Tuskegee airman's plane recovered from Michigan lake
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDETROIT — A team of divers have been trolling the deep, cold waters of Lake Huron off Michigan’s...
‘Living legends.’ Broward man, 101, honored for service as a first Black U.S. Marine
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoGeorge J. Johnson proudly served as a U.S. Marine Corps military policeman during World War II in...
OKC's National Cowboy Museum embarks on $40 million capital campaign: What to know
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOne of Oklahoma City's top attractions is ready to cowboy up with its most comprehensive capital...
Viewpoint: South Bend's William R. Morris fought to ‘undesign the redline'
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis past month, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Century Center, I attended a presentation by...
Bush demanded billions for AIDS in Africa at his 2003 State of the Union. It paid off.
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident George W. Bush’s reputation may have been forever complicated by 9/11 and war, but a...
