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Why the US made Japan surrender on the deck of a massive battleship
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJapanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the...
As World War II was ending, a Jewish teen became the final American combat death
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn August 15, 1945, above the skies of Tokyo, 1st. Lt. Philip Schlamberg, a 19-year-old Jewish honor...
The B-32 Dominator was the B-29 Superfortress' WWII understudy
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoConsolidated B-32-1-CF (S/N 42-108471), the first B-32 built after modification to Block 20...
What is V-J Day?
The Newberry Observer, S.C. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 4—SOUTH CAROLINA — The Second World War was a bloody conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The war was waged between the Axis powers, which included Germany, Italy and Japan, and the ...
What is Victory Day and why is Rhode Island the only state that observes it?
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRhode Island beaches could be more crowded than usual Monday, thanks to millions of brave Americans...
On This Day, Aug. 9: King Albert II crowned ruler of Belgium
United Press International via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBelgium's Queen Paola (L) and King Albert II attend canonization mass in St. Peter's Square at the...
Military was the destiny of Westminster's Douglas Hicks, who died in World War II
The Gardner News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWESTMINSTER — Serving in the military seemed to be the destiny for Douglas E. Hicks of Westminster,...
The USS Biloxi saw combat all over the world. A look at the Coast Navy ship’s history
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWith nearly 300 ships, the U.S. Navy remains the unchallenged ruler of the seas, and over the...
Oppenheimer: The true story behind the Christopher Nolan film
Yahoo Movies UK· 11 months agoChristopher Nolan explores the story of the father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, in his...
'Not a whole lot of people remember': Notable Japanese WWII POWs once housed at Bedford Springs
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDec. 5—BEDFORD, Pa. — Hiroshi Oshima, the once-powerful Japanese ambassador to Germany, was reduced to being a prisoner of the United States by the time World War II ended — albeit one who was ...