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The secret history of the Titanic’s forgotten sister ship
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTitanic's little sister Woods/Express/Getty Images The SS Nomadic – Titanic’s forgotten tiny sister...
Westmoreland natives killed in Christmas Eve 1944 U-boat attack have lives preserved digitally
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDec. 24—Christmas Day 1944 never came for four Westmoreland County natives and 759 fellow servicemen who were passengers on a World War II troop transport ship headed for Cherbourg, France.
The D-Day miracle that you’ve never heard of
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoGeneral George Patton was always a man in a hurry. As a cavalryman who wore breeches long after horses were no longer on the front line, he wanted his...
The cross-Channel ferry has survived 30 years of the tunnel – and this is why
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 week agoTunnels. They are quick, convenient and (hopefully) storm-proof. But they are hardly scenic. And...
Mackinac Island hotel rooms already selling out for one special week in July 2024
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoHotels on historic Mackinac Island are already filling up for an especially big week next July. Why?...
Norman Rose, nuclear physicist who as a young commando had landed on Gold Beach on D-Day – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNorman Rose, who has died aged 98, was still a teenager but already an experienced Royal Marines...
'Viking Battalion' remembered for efforts in World War II
Grand Forks Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 11—GRAND FORKS — Edward L. Olson was 24 when he enlisted in the U.S. Army in the spring of 1942, committing himself to service in the nation's epic military campaign against Germany and ...
