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Unsung Heroes: First Lieutenant Walter Burdette Bidlack of South Bend
10+ hour, 16+ 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
1+ hour, 53+ min 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…...
The American War in Laos Still Claiming Victims 50 Years Later
7+ hour, 9+ min ago (1215+ words) In a remote village in the mountains of Xieng Khouang province in northern Laos a small temple is under construction. Its concrete walls are unpainted, and window and door frames sit unfinished. Inside the temple rests a 500-year-old golden Buddha…...
This day in history: Civil rights leader James M. Lawson honored in Memphis
10+ hour, 26+ min ago (85+ words) Cleveland 19 News This day in history: Civil rights leader James M. Lawson honored in Memphis An Army veteran is charged with sharing classified details of an elite commando unit Lexington PGA pro Grover Justice to play in Senior PGA Championship Watching…...
A U. S. Nuclear Submarine Vanished in 1968. The Navy Blamed a Malfunction. Some Believe the Russians Sank It and Both Countries Agreed to Never Talk About It
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (1005+ words) The USS Scorpion, a Skipjack-class nuclear attack submarine (SSN-589), was an American nuclear submarine that mysteriously sank in May 1968, during a deployment to the Mediterranean. Nearly 60 years later, it remains a mystery exactly what caused the submarine to sink." According…...
Marietta museum confronts violent history in new exhibit
5+ hour, 35+ min ago (754+ words) MARIETTA "A new permanent exhibit at the Marietta History Center is confronting a violent chapter of the city's past, telling the story of John Bailey, a Black man lynched in 1900 after being accused of assault. Titled "Forgotten No More," the…...
Vietnam War Veterans Day celebrated at VFW Calabash Post 7288
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WWI memorial moved to Brookside Cemetery's Field of Honour
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (380+ words) Posted April 9, 2026 3: 42 pm. A First World War memorial that once stood in downtown Winnipeg now has a new home at Brookside Cemetery's Field of Honour, where thousands of veterans are laid to rest, and on Vimy Ridge Day, it was…...
Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame monument coming to Alexandria
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (697+ words) A new monument honoring inductees of the Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame is moving forward in Alexandria. Veterans, including former Alexandria Mayor Bill Ratchford, Angela Murphy, Terence Bell, Tim Rolf, Ron Allari, Bill Brauns and Steve Weber, attended the April…...
Pearl Harbor hero Louis Conter to be honored with Auburn VA clinic naming
9+ hour, 46+ min ago (386+ words) Lou Conter, the last survivor of the U. S. S. Arizona and former Grass Valley resident will be honored with the renaming of the Auburn VA clinic as the'Louis A. Conter VA Clinic. Conter died in April of 2024. A ceremony celebrating the renaming of…...