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100-year-old WWII veteran marries bride near Normandy’s D-Day beaches
WJZY via Yahoo News· 2 weeks ago(NewsNation) — Just 80 years after Harold Terens landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, as part...
‘Ghost gardens’ emerge from drying lawns of grand estates in drought-stricken England
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoThe expansive lawns of grand estates across England have shriveled under the summer’s heatwave and...
Last WWII vets converge on Omaha Beach for D-Day and fallen friends
Military Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoOMAHA BEACH, France — Under their feet, the sands of Omaha Beach, and in their rheumy eyes, tears...
They’re Hunting Nazis. New England Is a Target-Rich Environment
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVulnerable communities in New England are increasingly under threat by a violent, neo-Nazi gang with...
Tugboat built in DeLand for WWII finally returns home. What does future hold for 'Tiger?'
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoUnder the blazing summer afternoon sun, Dan Friend watched a tugboat built for service in World War...
I explored an English ghost town that was evacuated in World War II, and I couldn't help but feel...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTyneham Village has remained uninhabited since 1943.Maria Noyen/Insider For nearly 80 years, a tiny...
One Winchendon man learns of his brother's WWII death in the newspaper
The Gardner News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWINCHENDON – Pfc. Paul F. Laperriere was stationed with the U. S. Army in England and reading the latest edition of The Stars and Stripes, dated April 28, 1944, when something caught his eye ...
This tiny Washington town has a full-size Stonehenge replica. It’s also a veteran memorial
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoInstead of traveling all the way to England, Tri-Citians can drive for less than two hours to see a...
‘Masters of the Air’ Finally Lands Premiere Date — But Director Cary Fukunaga Is MIA
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe James Bond director was absent from new press materials, as Rolling Stone has learned Fukunaga...
Scorching, global drought has uncovered lost artifacts around the world
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA worldwide drought has devastated communities across the globe, but it also has fascinated millions...