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After inert grenade found in OKC airport luggage, police issue viral 'friendly reminder'
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOklahoma City police have gone viral after reminding air travelers on Facebook to leave their World...
The forgotten hero: Uncovering Rhode Island's lost Medal of Honor recipient from WWII
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoBack in March, I wrote a column about the Medal of Honor awarded to WWII hero George Peters from...
He faced the horrors of WWII. Now this veteran is receiving France's highest honor
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoErnest Marvel has a case full of medals in his Frankford home. He was awarded his most recent...
The Battle of Stalingrad and Order No. 227
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSoviet postage stamp depicting a politruk throwing a grenade with the phrase "Not a Step Back!". The Battle of Stalingrad was a pivotal moment in World...
On D-Day, remembering three ‘Angels of Omaha’ who turned the battle around
Hilton Head Island Packet via AOL· 12 months agoThe single most important day of the 20th century was 79 years ago on June 6, 1944, during the pinnacle of World War II. It will forever be remembered as D-Day, but the official code name was ...
Medal mystery: Cranston soldier's WWII heroism earned military's highest honor – twice
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOn March 24, 1945, paratrooper George J. Peters of Cranston and his “stick” of 10 other soldiers...
Enzo Ferrari Barely Survived WWII
Motorious via Yahoo News· 4 months agoLearn how the cunning racecar driver turned industrialist successfully navigated a war-torn, fractured Italy… For the 1940 Mille Miglia, 42-year-old Enzo...
Westminster's Urho Sakkinen was one of 3 brothers to serve in WWII
The Gardner News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWESTMINSTER — In stark contrast to fellow Westminster World War II casualty Wendell A. Nye, who was...
Veterans column: Newark's Campbell recounts harrowing Christmas Day attack, injury
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJoseph Campbell Jr. had been wounded in an attack near Hotton, Belgium on Christmas Day in 1944. On Jan. 5, 1945 from a hospital in Paris, he wrote a letter home to his father, a Newark policeman ...
For 101-year-old Rockford WWII veteran, holiday is about remembering friends lost in war
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAccording to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there are just over 167,000 World War II veterans still alive today of the 16 million Americans who served.