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Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
WROC Rochester· 3 hours agoSEATTLE (AP) — William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane …
Traffic concerns for Brooks and Dunn concert amid military plane crash
KOAT Albuquerque· 6 days agoOrganizers of the Brooks and Dunn concert set up events to avoid heavy traffic amid a military plane...
Film highlights finding of Tuskegee airman's plane 70 years after crash in Lake Huron
Detroit News· 3 days agoA World War II plane piloted by a Tuskegee Airman went down in 1944 in Lake Huron, and until a dive...
Opinion: A New Haven father's wartime regret resolved
CT Mirror· 2 days agoThe weather was breezy and unsettled on that June 4 80 years ago when George Lyons, a 26-year-old...
80 years ago: Three Ross County men gave their lives on D-Day
Chillicothe Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn April 22, 1942, the Chillicothe Gazette reported that Frank and dozens of other Ross County men...
The Tale of the Tuskegee Airmen Is Told in a New Documentary
Time via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“Lucky for me I was turning, or I wouldn’t be here today.” But he is here today, and that is a gift...
Biden invokes Ukraine’s fight against ‘tyrant’ in marking D-Day
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPresident Biden marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings Thursday with a tribute to the...
‘We failed’: How an F-16 flight on 9/11 shaped National Guard’s No. 2
Military Times via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe situation was very challenging and very unique. And II think it, frankly, took a lot of people...
Visiting a North African cemetery unveils untold story of RI native son's WWII sacrifice
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Leger tradition of military service continued well beyond WWII. Jay Leger, son of Gerard, is now...
Bloomington WWII veteran travels to Normandy, France for 80th anniversary of D-Day
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul· 1 day agoA Bloomington veteran of World War II joined other veterans and President Joe Biden at the official...