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Gen. Alexander Patch Won Battles By Prizing His People
Investor's Business Daily· 8 months agoThe Marines struggled in seesaw battles with Japanese forces on Guadalcanal in January 1943. So the...
Letters from war: WWII sailor's missives home told different story than private journal
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoLANSING — During World War II, Duane Nicol wrote more than 300 letters to his parents, and closed...
Eighty years later, 'France has not forgotten' Pekin veteran's World War II service
Pekin Daily Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhile he agreed that it would be a great segue to stories about his World War II service in the...
'This story has to be told': 100-year-old Loveland WWII veteran awarded top French honor
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNearly 80 years after Roger Smith landed a glider plane in a vineyard in the Le Muy area of southern...
Pekin World War II veteran, Legion d'honneur recipient dies at 99
Pekin Daily Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPekin lost one of its most distinguished veterans recently with the death of Dean Arthur Preston....
To the skies: Historic WWII aircraft touches down in Clarksville, delights visitors with flights
The Leaf-Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHistory lovers and airplane enthusiasts were given a chance to step inside a piece of living history...
Historic D-Day aircraft That’s All, Brother to visit Cincinnati
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA local military aviation club is bringing a historic World War II aircraft to Cincinnati's Lunken...
Ashland City Schools Foundation announces Distinguished Alumnus Award Class of 2023
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Ashland City Schools Foundation (ACSF) and members of the Distinguished Alumnus Award Committee...
'Masters of the Air' Part Eight: Trying hard
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 2 months ago'Masters of the Air' Part Eight: Trying hard photo The penultimate episode of Masters of the Air introduces the Tuskegee Airmen of the 99th Pursuit...
Leesburg veteran of WWII dies at 98. ‘This man was such a fighter’
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHe was an immigrant who ended up fighting in the bloodiest American battle of the Second World War...