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Macon Korean War veteran looks back on Honor Flight as America turns 250
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (27+ words) WGXA Macon Korean War veteran looks back on Honor Flight as America turns 250...
Families telling the stories of America's forgotten soldiers
59+ min ago (18+ words) CBS News Families telling the stories of America's forgotten soldiers...
A timeline: 250 years of the U. S. economy
8+ hour, 19+ min ago (1238+ words) As the United States turns 250, we reflect on the defining moments that have shaped the U. S. economy. As we prepare to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, we are taking a look back at some of the defining moments that…...
Papua New Guinea: clearing WW2 bombs
13+ hour, 47+ min ago (494+ words) Papua New Guinea is an island country in the Pacific, just off the northeast coast of Australia. It is a mountainous and largely rural country, with a wide and diverse range of cultures and languages. HALO began our operations here…...
Calkins: He's 102-year-old American hero. And he bakes cookies, too.
13+ hour, 34+ min ago (194+ words) Luke Mc Laurine is a 102-year-old World War II veteran. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian) He wears American flag socks. He is a 102-year-old veteran of World War II and a survivor of Nazi prison camps who flies an American…...
Major Ruth Straub: "The Angel of Bataan
22+ hour, 23+ min ago (891+ words) By Steve Plutt, Special to the Tribune In celebration of Colorado's 150th birthday and the United States' 250th, local historian Steve Plutt and the Ute Pass Historical Society have written a series of stories to bring the area's colorful history to life....
| How Franklin D. Roosevelt's Time in Warm Springs Shaped the New Deal
1+ day, 21+ min ago (265+ words) During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt drew inspiration from Warm Springs, Georgia, to launch the New Deal. Discover how those programs transformed the nation'and sparked a political clash with Georgia's governor Eugene Talmadge over the role of government. Analyze…...
Brian Walley survived a plane crash and a WWII prison camp to make it to 104
22+ hour, 42+ min ago (589+ words) Brian Walley's family travelled the globe to be with him on his big day. (ABC South West: Anthony Pancia) Eighty-five years ago, after a raid over Berlin, Brian Walley's bomber crashed into the freezing North Sea. He was the sole…...
Military Legacy Lives on through Family's Preservation Efforts
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (409+ words) By PEYTON CARTEROTSEGO COUNTY Every summer, a couple from just outside Detroit, Michigan returns to Otsego County carrying soft brushes, conservation cleaner and decades of family research. Their mission is not simply to clean old headstones, but to preserve the…...
Reenacting WWII as seen through the lens of an Argus C3
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (298+ words) A little bit of everything WWII Navy reenactors pose in front of a Grumman/Eastern FM-2 "Wildcat" at the 2026 MAAM WWII Weekend. (Credit Tom Jordan) "My father, father-in-law, and uncles were all WWII veterans, which started my interest in World…...