80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
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World War II Museum in New Orleans breaks ground on new educational building
The National World War II Museum expands yet again with the groundbreaking of the new Floyd Pavilion, which will be used to ...
John Wayne persuaded World War 2 veterans to reenact their real-life duty in classic movie
Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in Sands of Iwo Jima, a movie reenacting it. At 42, the ...
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Remains of American Soldier Captured by the Japanese During World War II Identified Nearly 80 Years Later
After his plane was shot down, Glenn H. Hodak was sent to a military prison in Tokyo, where he was killed by U.S. firebombing ...
World War II Museum breaks ground on new pavilion
The National World War II Museum officially broke ground on the Floyd Education and Collections Pavilion. The museum claims this new expansion will help produce more exhibits while preserving ...
World War II aviation history lands at permanent exhibit on USS Intrepid
Discover the Intrepid Museum's World War II exhibit, showcasing the Corsair aircraft and artifacts from Loren Isley's final ...
Robert Pearce, 102, WWII Navy weatherman, first salesman for Allen Organ Co. | PHOTOS
102-year-old Robert Pearce, a Navy weatherman in the Philippines during World War II and a former salesperson for Allen Organ ...
Joe Harris, 108, Dies; Thought to Be the Oldest World War II Paratrooper
He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.
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War heroes, photos of women Marines among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge
Other photos flagged in the database but still visible Thursday included images of the World War II Women Air Service Pilots and one of U.S. Air Force Col. Jeannie Leavitt, the country’s first ...
See photos of Camp Century, a secret US military base built beneath Greenland's ice sheet
Camp Century was built to store nukes beneath Greenland's ice. See photos of the underground, "Star Wars"-like site.
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The mistake behind why Trump DEI purge is targeting a storied WWII plane
Harold Gonsalves during World War II.U.S. Marine Corps via AP In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service ...