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Aldie Ruritans Celebrate 100th Birthday of WWII Veteran Franklin Payne
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (190+ words) Members of the Aldie Ruritan Club gather with former village postmaster Franklin Payne to celebrate his 100th birthday. Members of the Aldie Ruritan Club recently joined in celebrating Franklin Payne’s 100th birthday. Franklin has been a member since 1957 and served as Aldie’s…...
How Imperial Japan turned to the sardine to help build a war machine
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (814+ words) Empires have risen and fallen in their pursuit of precious resources such as oil, gold, tea or spices. But in the first half of the 20th century, an increasingly assertive Imperial Japan relied on a fishier form of wealth to build…...
Frenchmen hand over Japanese invasion archives to Yunnan museum
9+ hour, 8+ min ago (268+ words) Three men from France and China added international archival evidence to the study of China's resistance against Japanese aggression on Monday when they handed over copies of historical records documenting Japan's invasion to a museum in Kunming, Yunnan province. The…...
'Significant' act as WW2 German airman gets headstone - AOL
18+ hour, 6+ min ago (596+ words) A headstone to remember a German airman killed in World War Two has been hailed as an "immensely significant" act of reconciliation. Wilhelm Reuhl, 20, was buried at Hawkcombe Cemetery in Porlock, Somerset, after his aircraft was shot down in 1940. His…...
The World War II Memorial still has a lesson for us
19+ hour, 43+ min ago (540+ words) The Greatest Generation was as varied as the country it saved Last Thursday, the National World War II Memorial on the National Mall was vandalized. Its Atlantic pavilion was spray-painted and its fountain filled with soap and foam. It was…...
Abandoned Japanese WWII weapons still pose a threat in China
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (708+ words) HARBIN — The latest leak involving abandoned Japanese chemical weapons in Northeast China's Jilin province, which contaminated two Japanese personnel during disposal operations, has renewed concerns about the lingering dangers of wartime chemical weapons still buried in China. As Saturday marked…...
Wyoming POW On Sunken Japanese 'Hell Ship' May Be Close To Coming Home After 82 Years
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1796+ words) For 82 years, Lt. Col. John Clarke Goldtrap of Casper has been in a watery grave as a POW on the sunken wreck of the brutal Japanese “hell ship” Oryoku Maru. Now his remains may finally be ID'd and brought home....
WW2 memorial vandalized in Washington DC
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (22+ words) A World War II memorial has been vandalized in Washington DC. A World War II memorial has been vandalized in Washington DC....
WWII Memorial in DC Closed Down After Being Targeted by Vandalism
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (402+ words) The World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., was vandalized on Thursday. Bubbly soap and graffiti disfigured the memorial, which was closed while workers began the process of removing the graffiti, according to Reuters. “Clean hands Dirty $” was painted in red…...
Why WWII Stories still captivate Chinese youth
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (64+ words) news.cgtn.com Why WWII Stories still captivate Chinese youth On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. Eighty-one years later, at the September 18 Incident History Museum in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, young Chinese are finding their own ways to…...