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Sir Phillip Bruce Cook - 100-year-old Veteran Knighted by French government
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (401+ words) COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) " In a special ceremony Thursday afternoon, 100-year-old Veteran Phillip "Bruce" Cook was Knighted by officials with the French government. Born in 1925, the Swansea native was only 17-years-old when he fibbed about his age, and enlisted in the…...
WWII raid topic of next Noon Debrief
14+ hour, 21+ min ago (305+ words) Columbia's locally owned weekly newspaper since 1963 The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum will host Bruce Cotner as he delivers a free lecture at noon on Friday, April 17. The program he calls "The Doolittle Raid and Midlands Myths…...
Only a dozen WWII veterans left in the Cordillera
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (399+ words) Mike Villa-Real with WWII veterans at Burnham last Tuesday. Written by Frank Cimatu The number of surviving World War II veterans in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) has sharply declined over the years, with only 12 remaining today, according to the…...
Former POW reflects on captivity on National Former POW Recognition Day
3+ hour, 48+ min ago (59+ words) WTAP Former POW reflects on captivity on National Former POW Recognition Day Linsly defeats Williamstown 12-6 in high school baseball Eastern sweep Trimble in baseball/softball doubleheader pt. 2 April 9th is National Former POW Recognition Day City of Vienna working on infrastructure…...
Crow Agency symposium revisits Little Bighorn through Crow scouts
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (229+ words) Non Stop Local Billings " A three-day symposium at Little Big Horn College focused on the role of Crow scouts in the history of the Battle of the Little Bighorn 150 years later." The event brought people together to share perspectives on…...
Unsung Heroes: First Lieutenant Walter Burdette Bidlack of South Bend
13+ hour, 23+ min ago (53+ words) WSBT 22 is saluting our unsung heroes. Tonight, we honor First Lieutenant Walter Burdette Bidlack of South Bend. Bidlack served in the US Army during World War II. He was killed storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Thank you for your…...
WWII-Era Fighter Aircraft Recovered from Sea Decades After Crash Landing
5+ hour ago (643+ words) KAGOSHIMA, Apr 09 (News On Japan) - A former Imperial Japanese Navy fighter aircraft that had remained submerged off the coast of Akune City in Kagoshima Prefecture was raised from the seabed on April 9th, marking its first return to land in 81 years…...
That time the Air Force proposed making a "gay bomb
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (276+ words) In 1994, U. S. Air Force's Wright Laboratory in Ohio were pressing the bounds to the question: Fellas, is it gay to fight for your country? Within a three-page declassified document came a blink-and-you-miss-it line positing using "Chemicals that effect human behavior so…...
WWII plane salvaged after 81 years underwater in Japan
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (165+ words) The wreckage of a Shidenkai fighter plane of the former Imperial Japanese Navy is lifted from the seabed off Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Wednesday. Kagoshima: The wreckage of a Shidenkai fighter plane of the former Imperial Japanese Navy has been…...
WWII Japanese Shiden Kai fighter raised from seabed after 81 years
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (294+ words) The aircraft, a Shiden Kai used by the Imperial Japanese Navy, crashed into the sea near Akune City on 21 April 1945 during an engagement with American forces. The plane's pilot, Lieutenant Hayashi Yoshishige, was killed. The wreck had remained undisturbed ever…...