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On Memorial Day, New Kensington native Pfc. Roland Lee Bowser "honored where he needed to be
9+ hour, 56+ min ago (554+ words) Marjorie Ann "Marjie" Mahar has told her family's story in Arlington, Va. , the Tennessee House of Representatives and even Seoul, South Korea. But, on Monday, she told it at the place where it all began " and perhaps where it was…...
101-year-old Navy veteran honored at Memorial Day service
49+ min ago (522+ words) SLOAN, Iowa (KTIV) - Howard "Howie" Petersen is a decorated WWII veteran who enlisted in the U. S. Navy after graduating from high school in 1943. Petersen, now 101-years-old, was the guest of honor at a Memorial Day service in Sloan, Iowa. The service…...
Breaking the Hindenburg Line
10+ hour, 33+ min ago (147+ words) Time will not diminish the glory of their deeds." General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, spoke those words about America's. .. Breaking the Hindenburg Line Posted By: DVC, 5/25/2026 12: 43: 31 PM Time will not…...
History of World War II: Singapore Threatened, the Japanese Advance Through British Malaya, 80 Years Ago
13+ hour, 19+ min ago (976+ words) Additional Note as of 25 May 2026: On 19 January 1942, the British prime minister Winston Churchill was shocked and disturbed to learn, for the first time, and after more than two years of Britain being at war, that absolutely no field defences had…...
Kansas City marks 100 years of honoring fallen service members at Liberty Memorial
15+ hour, 18+ min ago (461+ words) KANSAS CITY, Mo. " Kansas City's World War I Museum and Memorial is marking 100 years of honoring fallen service members this Memorial Day weekend, with community-wide activities and displays celebrating the milestone. Crowds gathered early at Celebration at the Station to…...
War Stories in Their Own Words: "It seemed we were walking down a canyon of death
12+ hour, 4+ min ago (2050+ words) Editor's note: The Morning Call is republishing this 2007 interview of Horace F. Rehrig, a World War II sailor, in honor of Memorial Day." Horace F. Rehrig grew up in West Bowmanstown, went to Lehighton High School and joined the Navy in the…...
Bob Woodson Was a Hero
20+ hour, 46+ min ago (6+ words) Remembering the great civil rights leader....
Essex veteran who built Mosquitos during World War Two turns 100
17+ hour, 52+ min ago (335+ words) A veteran who helped build some of the most iconic planes of World War Two has celebrated his 100th birthday. Stanley Hills, from Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, got together with close family on Saturday for his celebrations. He joined the De Havilland Mosquito…...
How Sen. Charles Sumner " who was attacked in 1856 for opposing slavery " was 'ahead of his time"
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (131+ words) In 1856, a slave-owning representative from South Carolina used a cane to attack and beat Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner, who was vehemently opposed to slavery and spoke out against it. In the 1850s, the U. S. Congress was bitterly divided over the issue of…...
Jackson native who went missing in action during WWII to be buried with full military honors
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (767+ words) JACKSON " A burial with full military honors is planned Wednesday in Jackson for Lt. (Jr. Grade) Thomas Arthur Ruth, whose remains were discovered more than 80 years after he was declared missing in action when his plane crashed into the Pacific…...