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Harold Renick Kreeger (April 23, 1945 - May 18, 2024)
KOAM· 4 days agoHarold Renick Kreeger was born April 23, 1945 in Miami, OK to Harold "Mutt" Kreeger and Connie Frances (Taylor) Kreeger. Renick passed ...
A grandson follows in his hero’s footsteps all the way to Normandy | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 12 hours agoAs a boy, Jack Gibson hung by his grandfather’s side and affectionately called him “Papa.” Whenever...
'Stories to tell': Veteran recalls Korean War service, time as Texas Tech professor
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoAt age 95, retired Texas Tech professor Fred P. Wagner possesses a memory that would make even young...
‘Revolusi’ Review: How Indonesia Won Independence
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoBamboo, says Mr. Van Reybrouck, grows in great profusion on the Indonesian archipelago. The bamboo spear (or runcing) would become “& ...
Monday After: Remembering Ronald Barker, one of 'Hoover Evacuees' from WWII
The Repository via Yahoo News· 7 days agoStill, "he loved Ohio," his daughter said. "I think the Hoover experience definitely changed his...
Column: Park Forest plaques, street names and annual observance remember fallen soldiers
Chicago Tribune· 7 days agoAbove the once bloody beach is a military cemetery, with crosses and Stars of David for the 9.388...
On eve of 100 years, WW II veteran of 299th unit 'last of the line'
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMay 25—WATERTOWN — Seventeen years ago, when Paul L. Cook was just a bit more spry than he is now a few days short of 100, he created a list. He spent days poring over files in</ ...
‘Survival’: World War II veteran from Palm Springs shares story before return to Europe
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 3 days agoUpon returning to Germany...Czechoslovakia, his unit learned from a runner that the war in Europe...
Hot Springs rebound: After years of deterioration, renovations are happening in the Spa City that...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 23 hours agoOriginally known as the Avenue Hotel, the Majestic was built in 1882 on the site of early settler...
Kansas WWII vet who survived 171 consecutive days of combat to be honored in Normandy | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“I never expected to live,” Bill Casassa told Melinda Henneberger. On the 80th anniversary of D-Day,...