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US Navy Faces Its Most Intense Combat Since World War II Against Yemen's Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels
US News & World Report· 1 day agoU.S.-led campaign against the Houthi rebels, overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, has turned into the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World ...
LeRoy E. ‘Roy’ Shanklin, World War II veteran and BGE supervisor, dies at 101
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLeRoy E. “Roy” Shanklin, a World War II Army Air Corps B-24 Liberator pilot who later became a Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. district ...
On This Day, June 15: Great Smoky Mountains National Park established
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoOn June 15, 1944, U.S. forces invaded the Japanese-occupied Mariana Islands in World War II. By...
World War II veteran just married his bride. He’s 100, she’s 96
Birmingham News· 7 days agoCARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France — Together, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200....
'I'm a pretty lucky guy here.' Flying over Germany in World War II for $36 a week
The Repository via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEighty-some years ago, thousands of men of unimaginable courage altered the direction of World War ...
World War II veteran celebrates 106th birthday
WWNY - WNYF Watertown· 2 days agoFrank White of Canton meets his friends to get coffee, a tradition since 1950. Thursday is White’s 106th birthday. Frank is a World War II</ ...
‘Masters of the Air’ Artisans on Building B-17s Bombers to Flight Uniforms to Bring Authenticity to ...
Variety· 3 days agoOscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood had to make between 200 and 300 leather bomber jackets...
Burial flag found in Virginia reunited with family of deceased Ohio World II veteran
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoDOVER ‒ No one seems to know how a burial flag meant for the family of World War II veteran Thomas...
French protesters are standing up to the far right ahead of the country's snap elections
San Francisco Chronicle· 43 minutes agoIn Paris, those who fear that the elections will produce France's first far-right government since ...
Chronicle week in review: Shrimp boat playground, more $$ for school bus drivers, commissioners'...
Citrus Chronicle Online· 9 hours agoSome of the most popular stories of the week