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BACK WHEN: The human cost of war hit the Peninsula in WWII
SEVENTY-NINE YEARS ago the end was in sight for World War 2. Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 7, 1945. Japan unconditionally surrendered on September 2, 1945.
Former Oak Park teacher's book tells story of Nazi who hid in plain sight as school custodian for nearly 30 years
Author and history teacher Michael Soffer's first book, "Our Nazi: An American Suburb's Encounter With Evil" is a story about truth and deception, deep wounds and strongly-held beliefs.
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Sailor who survived 1941 Pearl Harbor attack in battleship’s belly dies at age 103
William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a ...
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 ...
Japanese Americans returned from prison camps 80 years ago to face one of the country's 'greatest swindles'
Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...