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In February 1945, members of the 503rd Parachute Infantry jumped onto the island of Corregidor in the Philippines to retake ...
It seems like everyone is getting new uniforms these days, and the Navy Midshipmen men’s lacrosse team is no exception.
Charlie Shelton-Ormond: total they were 1500 reenactors. It was actually mostly split even between Confederate and Union and 1500 is a large number, but that's actually nothing compared to the actual ...
In a serendipitous digital discovery, Pointe-Claire City Councillor Brent Cowan stumbled upon an extraordinary piece of his family history — detailed wartime journals penned by his great-uncle, Ben ...
Mary Strausbaugh, who turns 100 April 12, has seen and been through a lot. 'No matter what happens,' she says, 'you keep on ...
I was reminded of that a few Christmases ago as I travelled between Derrylin and Ballyconnell, and passing Cassidy’s Filling Station, I ...
As thousands took to the streets to protest Trump polices, family members and military personnel assembled to pay tribute to Sgt. Joe Harris.
“The USAAF 49th Fighter Group provided Darwin with its only fighter defence from March to September 1942 against fast and well-armed Mitsubishi G4M ‘Betty’ bombers escorted by Mitsubishi A6M ‘Zero’ ...
Navy WAVES veteran Peggy Lutz is celebrating her 103rd birthday on April 10. Lutz was part of a sea change, having joined the U.S. Navy in 1944, at a time when the U.S. military began accepting female ...
Dozens of Central Florida veterans took a special honor flight to Washington, D.C., organized by Villages Honor Flight. "I'm here to enjoy the honor flight and go to Washington, D.C., and look up some ...
U.S. Army Maj. James J. O’Donovan was captured, subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and held in POW camps by Japan. He died a POW on Oct. 18, 1942, at age 34. He will be interred April 15 in ...