Born on the Fourth of July, Waynesboro Marine lost his life on Iwo Jima in World War II
Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...
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In 1945, eighty years ago, no one knew how World War II would end
Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...
An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people. Excavation is not his ...
Enola Gay pilot's granddaughter decries 'shameful' Trump Defense Department DEI word purge
The granddaughter of Paul W. Tibbets Jr. — the pilot who flew the bomber Enola Gay that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II — called the Trump administration flagging photos of the ...
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Divers’ discovery of World War II plane crash leads to ID of US soldier, officials say
A 2019 discovery by Danish divers found the wreck in the depth of the Baltic Sea, leading excavators to later pull evidence ...
WWII bomb disposal operation in Paris causes hours of travel chaos and Eurostar line closure
Paris police say travel chaos from the overnight unearthing of an unexploded WWII bomb has spread to the French capital Paris ...
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‘Never forget’: Philippine documentary rekindles memories of terror during World War II
Survivors of the 1945 Battle of Manila recount in 'Children of the War' how they escaped 'mass executions' during the ...
Roads, trains reopen after ‘really huge’ unexploded WWII bomb in Paris
PARIS — Trains and cars are once again rolling in Paris after a “really huge” unexploded bomb from World War II brought life ...
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LOCAL MARINE AMONG 4TH DIVISION FALLEN HEROES AT IWO JIMA IN MARCH, 1945
No World War II battle represents the fighting spirit of the US Marine Corps better than Iwo Jima. In terms of its combat ...