80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
World War II veteran who's turning 104 goes viral with birthday request for Trump
World War II veteran Denver Moore went viral after inviting President Donald Trump to attend his upcoming 104th birthday ...
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Carrots Can’t Help You See in the Dark. Here’s How a World War II Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth
The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the ...
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World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday
Harry Brown celebrated his 100th birthday on April 1. Brown was born on a Washington, Missouri, farm in 1925. “My dad was ...
Best Friends Who Met During WWII Have Shared Same Birthday Card for Over 80 Years, but No Longer Hold World Record
Sometimes, a card can say it all, and two best friends who met during World War II have been exchanging the same one for 81 years.
Germany is permanently stationing troops in another country for the first time since World War II
Germany is putting thousands of troops in Lithuania, a NATO member that borders Russia. It's the first long-term deployment ...
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Remains of American Soldier Captured by the Japanese During World War II Identified Nearly 80 Years Later
An American soldier who was killed during World War II has been accounted for nearly 80 years after his death. Last week, the ...
How Hello Kitty helped post-WWII Japan conquer the world
Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...
World War II veteran recently honored by Nebraska governor dies in car crash
A World War II veteran who was honored last month by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen died in a car crash Wednesday in Scottsbluff, along with his daughter.
Dirt bikes, ATVs driven around World War II memorial in Washington, DC: video
Authorities are working to identify people seen on video driving ATVs and dirt bikes inside the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., over the weekend.
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World War II Museum in New Orleans breaks ground on new educational building
The National World War II Museum expands yet again with the groundbreaking of the new Floyd Pavilion, which will be used to ...
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World War II veteran honored in surprise ceremony
They answered the call of freedom and 80 years after the conclusion of World War Two, surviving veterans are honored. Once ...