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Actor Idris Elba discusses suppressed stories of D-Day’s Black vets
Military Times via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoThe men of the 320th were brought ashore during the invasion’s first wave and tasked with providing...
At Museums, a Revolution Gains Momentum
New York Times· 3 days ago“Maybe some of our visitors thought it was the Air and Space Museum,” she said of the popular institution next door ...
Marvin Memorial Library to host space programs, Ohio author
Mansfield News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoMarvin Memorial Library will feature space and Ohio history during three programs in June. Two of...
World War II veteran from San Diego remembers fallen friends on D-Day, 80 years later
KGTV San Diego· 17 hours agoThursday, June 6, 2024, marks 80 years since the Allied invasion on the Beach of Normandy — more commonly known as D-Day. A poignant ceremony was held at the Air ...
Trip a blessing despite early exit from National Spelling Bee
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 7 days agoNolan Roule, an eighth grader at St. John’s Lutheran School, made it past the first round during the...
Alameda City Council unanimously blocks climate change project from resuming on USS Hornet
San Jose Mercury News· 2 days agoAlameda’s City Council unanimously voted Tuesday night to bar a climate-change-related experiment on...
Black History Of D-Day: The Untold Story Of The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion
Black America Web· 22 hours agoAs we remember the fallen heroes of World War II on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, let us not forget...
How a World War II Escape Map Found a Second Use as a Ladies Garment
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoWhen Ted Maxwell was a young boy in the 1950s, he remembers his mother, Bernice Allen Maxwell, wearing a distinctive blouse. Made from richly printed silk, the blouse resembled a map of Europe—one ...
Can American civilians buy Soviet-era combat aircraft?
Newsweek· 1 day agoIn April, the U.S. purchased a number of Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan, according to a...
'Last Roar of the Mighty Liberty V-12': Aviators preparing to celebrate first flight around the...
The Chronicle, Centralia, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJun. 5—Nearly a century after the Douglas World Cruisers completed the first flight around the world on Sept. 28, 1924, local aviators are preparing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ...