A white granite headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery bears a name that sounds American: Larry Allan Thorne.
“The witness – a tall, 16-year-old boy with a child-like face – recounts his sad story as if he were an old man”, she noted ...
The Merchant Marine operates in both peacetime and wartime, but its services are particularly valuable during times of ...
On Oct. 20, 1944, U.S. general waded into the waters at Leyte as World War II moved toward its final chapters.
As Carnegie Mellon looks back at its 125-year history, files from the University Archives detail the transformation of campus into a World War II training school.
A World War II veteran who served in the Royal Australian Air Force and was the first person who discovered radio transmissions from Japanese mini submarines in Sydney Harbour in 1942, has died. Bruce ...
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Norway is Burning - WW2 - April 27 1940
The Invasion and subsequent Battle of Norway has only just begun when the British decide to pull back. Poor planning and misfortune after misfortune harms the British campaign, which becomes very ...
This is the second installment of a two-part story. To read part one, click here. In April 1942, Edward B. Rowan, the assistant chief for fine arts at President Franklin Roosevelt’s Public Buildings ...
A Navy fireman who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor has been identified 84 years later, military officials said Tuesday. U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Edward D. Bowden enlisted in the military in ...
The explanation for the unusual device depicted on this 1942 ENR cover reads: “Developed by Harold Buckley, clearance engineer for the New York Central Railroad, as a means of insuring passage of ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Missouri soldier, who was one of thousands killed in a Japanese internment camp in the Philippines during World War II, is finally expected to be laid to rest in Kansas ...
On Oct. 26, 1942, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier the USS Hornet was sunk during pitched fighting in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Strapped to the deck of the carrier was a farming tractor, ...
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