Brazilian navy confirms location of World War II shipwreck
After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...
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The World War II destroyer escort that fought like a battleship
Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...
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Atlanta World War II Navy veteran dead at 103
Albert “Hank" Sturgess Jr. earned nine battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation for his bravery while serving in the ...
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'I was talking to history.' World War II veteran and Berkshire Place resident recalls what is was like to storm the beaches of Normandy
At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...
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The Army's Secret Program to Interrogate German POWs During World War II
After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the Army and was going through basic training, believing he would be sent ...
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New Mexico Military Museum’s new exhibit to honor WWII prisoners of war in the Pacific
Several weeks earlier, the Palawan Massacre took place in the Philippines, where 139 American POWs were killed by Japanese ...
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The World War II destroyer escort that fought like a battleship
Soemu Toyoda’s complex plan for the much-depleted Imperial Japanese Navy to strike a blow against ... The following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world’s two biggest battleships ...