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Almost 80 years later in 2025, the 99-year-old Navy veteran recalls from a kitchen table how the POWs were eager to chat.
Local WWII vets gather to share stories, honor their legacy at Spirit of '45 event ...
Four World War II veterans will grace the Taylor Theater stage at 1 p.m. Sunday for a special veterans roundtable hosted by the Lockport Public Arts Council in conjunction with its Secret Weapons ...
John Rabata, post commander of American Legion John E. Miller Post 146, echoed many peoples' thoughts about the delay in recognition for WWII veterans.
Some 16 million people served in WWII between 1941-1945. According to data from the U.S. Veterans Administration dated Sept. 30, 2023, there are 100,000 vets, including 6,000 women, from that era ...
The D-Day generation is smaller in number than ever but back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago.
Guillermo Rey's family plans to celebrate the Navy veteran with a huge party for his 100th birthday.
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman met the group. Heineman's father was a WWII Navy veteran who served on a destroyer in the Pacific theater. He died last year without seeing the memorial.
OMAHA BEACH, France — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly ...
OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly ...