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Duty Calls: WWII soldier, Cohoes native ID'd after POW camp death
Army Maj. James J. O’Donovan, a native of Cohoes, was finally laid to rest 80 years after he died in a prisoner of war camp ...
WWII soldier’s remains will finally return to Central NY, 84 years after he left
DNA testing identified Harland Hennessey, 24, of Boonville, who died in 1942 in the Philippines. Now, he's coming home.
80 years ago, American soldiers captured the center of Nazi Germany
The Battle of Nuremberg, one of the last American battles in Europe in World War II, saw the 7th Army engage in days of ...
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New Book Follows the Dutch Civilians Who Came to Adopt and Care for American Graves from WWII
American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II" revolves around 12 people whose lives were ...
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During WW2 a Native American Soldier Completed all Four Feats Required to Become a War Chief
To become a War Chief of the Crow Nation, a man must do four things prized of a stealthy Crow warrior: 1. Touch an enemy without killing them, 2. Seize an enemy’s weapon, 3. Lead a successful war ...
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WWII soldier buried with full military honors 8 decades after his death as a POW
U.S. Army Maj. James J. O’Donovan, more than 80 years after he died as a POW during World War II, was laid to rest with full ...
Virginia soldier killed during D-Day invasion accounted for more than 80 years later
U.S. Army Sgt. Ivor D. Thornton, 34, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy in the second wave of the D-Day invasion on June 6, ...
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Soldier killed during WWII to be buried April 26 in California; he was part of unit known as Merrill’s Marauders
The remains of U.S. Army Pvt. Roman Cherubini, one of Merrill’s Marauder’s, will be interred April 26 at Big Crocker Cemetery ...
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Boonville World War II soldier who died as a POW is finally coming home
The fate of a Boonville man who served during World War II has finally been determined ... Following the war, American Graves Registration Service personnel exhumed those buried at the Cabanatuan ...
World War II POW from upstate New York identified more than 80 years after his death
A U.S. soldier killed in World War II will finally be buried in his hometown of Boonville, NY more than 80 years after his death.
Second World War in cinema: 20 of the best war movies ever made
D-Day marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War, a period of our history captured on screen in all its guts and ...
A Canadian Mom Said She's Terrified Of Her Country Going To War With The US, And Hundreds Of American Women Held Her Hand In These Scary Times
Recently, a Canadian woman ( u/hopelesslyanxious) took to the motherhood forum r/Mommit to express her fear about the ...