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He served his country and his community. Jackson Pearl Harbor survivor dies at 102
MLive.com· 3 days agoYou never found Herbert Elfring sitting down and doing nothing. Elfring was born in South Dakota in...
D-Day vets hope new generation learns from WWII
WDVM via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWhile President Biden is in Normandy, France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, thousands gathered at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., to...
D-Day anniversary shines spotlight on ‘Rosies’ who built WWII weapons
Military Times via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPEGASUS BRIDGE, France — When the 5,000th B-17 bomber built after Pearl Harbor rolled out of its...
‘Incredibly emotional’: Navy veteran, 100, recalls D-Day on USS Nevada
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 5 days ago“For 16 days we fired on Mount Suribachi (on Iwo Jima island),” he said. Ramsey served for 34 months...
McConnell takes aim at 'isolationist' colleagues in scathing D-Day essay
Fox News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSen. Mitch McConnell tied World War II-era isolationism to current day global tensions in a warning...
Taking the long way home from Alaska
U-T San Diego· 2 days agoWithin months of the Pearl Harbor bombing on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States, in cooperation with Canadian authorities, set out to build a highway from...
Appeals panel sends Kituwah LLC back to court: Lawsuit alleges theft of trade secrets from other...
Smoky Mountain News· 6 days agoThe decision both establishes precedent that further limits sovereign immunity and could potentially...
Voices of Veterans: Mess Sgt. Melvin Brown shares his story of service during WWII and D-Day
Odessa American, Texas via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJun. 6—AUSTIN — Texas Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham on Thursday introduced the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB's Voices of Veterans oral history program. In this ...
10 Best Cruises to Hawaii — From Luxury Sailings to Expedition Ships
Travel + Leisure· 4 days agoThis cruise on the 1,432-passenger Zaandam departs from San Diego and spends five days at sea before...
Recognizing, celebrating 'Our Boys' this D-Day
The Gaston Gazette via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAs the world spiraled toward World War II, it was clear the war to end all wars had not. Less than 20 years after the World War I armistice in 1918,...