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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.
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 ...
Alabama soldier featured in new WWII book by ‘Monuments Men’ author Robert Edsel
Robert Edsel doesn’t see himself as an author. More accurately, the New York Times-bestselling writer whose 2009 book, ...
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Remains of WWII soldier identified after 80 years, funeral planned for Saturday
Cherubini’s remains were identified in December by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. He was 22 years old at the time of his death on June 16, 1944. The agency then notified the family and briefed ...
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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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2 US Army Air Forces soldiers, killed during WWII, are home for burial
The remains of two U.S. Army Air Forces soldiers killed during World War II, Sgt. R. L. Tyler and Staff Sgt. Hubert Yeary, ...
World War Wisdom on MSN1d
Top 10 German War Trophies Taken by U.S. Soldiers in WWII!
As WWII came to a close, American soldiers returned home not just with stories, but with tangible pieces of history. From ...
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Remains of American Soldier Captured by the Japanese During World War II Identified Nearly 80 Years Later
After his plane was shot down, Glenn H. Hodak was sent to a military prison in Tokyo, where he was killed by U.S. firebombing in May 1945 ...
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Remains of American Soldier Captured by the Japanese During World War II Identified Nearly 80 Years Later
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency An American soldier who was killed during World War II has been accounted for nearly 80 years after his death. Last week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ...
The Forward on MSN1d
Hidden in a famous WWII photo, two heroic Jewish stories
The Elbe Day picture captured American and Russian armies uniting against the Nazis – and cemented two Jewish soldiers in ...
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80 years ago, American soldiers captured the center of Nazi Germany
Eight decades ago, U.S. Army soldiers raised the American flag in the center of Nuremberg. They stood atop a bunker adorned with Nazi symbols, now in the hands of Allied forces after five days of ...