This book titled “Operation Chowhound…The most risky, most glorious US bomber mission in WWII” by Stephen Dando-Collins, is now available for loan at the Bemus Point Library. Submitted photo BEMUS ...

As I walked my dog this past Memorial Day weekend and admired the blue sky and snowcapped mountains, I heard a plane overhead and looking up saw a B17 World War II plane overhead. In an instant, I was ...

Navigator Ellis B. Scripture's prayer -- Hitler's secret agent -- The suspect prince in the world of James Bond -- The bridge too far : the failure to liberate Holland -- The Germans go on the ...

Workers load food onto an American B17 bomber during Operation Chowhound which involved dropping essential food supplies from bombers to the starving Dutch people at the end of WWII.Imperial War ...

Recently I wrote about one of the great missions of the U.S. Air Force called Operation Chowhound. This lifesaving mission during World War II dropped food into the Netherlands to stop a famine. Sixty ...

GRAND RAPIDS - Les Ippel served in the United States Air Force during World War II, and the 93-year old, soft-spoken veteran will disagree with anyone who suggests that he is a hero. "I'm not a hero, ...

You can still get breakfast, lunch or dinner at the '50s Diner on Broadway in Depew. Years ago, when I owned the place, it was called Robert's Diner. I purchased and managed the small restaurant for ...

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