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Reenactors, train rides highlight Kempton living history event
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (688+ words) KEMPTON " Visitors at the Kempton Community Center on Saturday were transported back to 1776 for the Allemaengel 250 Committee's event celebrating America's semiquincentennial. Families and history buffs enjoyed a nice, sunny day at the Albany Twp. venue, which featured a slate of…...
100-Year-Old WWII Veteran Awarded France's Highest Honor - Columbia Today
3+ hour, 51+ min ago (213+ words) South Carolina man who served as a ball turret gunner receives the National Order of the French Legion of Honor. Apr. 11, 2026 at 6: 23pm A 100-year-old World War II veteran from South Carolina who served as a ball turret gunner on a…...
France Awards World War II 'Ball Turret Gunner,' Age 100, Its Highest Honor
7+ hour, 56+ min ago (476+ words) A 100-year-old World War II veteran from South Carolina was awarded France's highest decoration for his service protecting European allies during the war. French Consul General Anne-Laure Desjonqueres awarded Staff Sgt. Bruce Cook the "National Order of the French Legion…...
North Dakota "Rosie the Riveter" awarded Congressional Medal of Honor
10+ hour, 27+ min ago (307+ words) DAWSON, N. D. " A 100-year-old Steele resident received a Congressional Medal of Honor Saturday for being one of millions of American women who joined the defense industry during World War II. Irene Sprague grew up working for her family farm near Tappen. She…...
The World's First Warship Dubbed A 'Super Carrier' Wasn't Made By The US
7+ hour, 34+ min ago (556+ words) Slash Gear The World's First Warship Dubbed A 'Super Carrier' Wasn't Made By The US Modern naval warfare is built around aircraft carriers, and the current nuclear-powered behemoths are typically referred to as "super carriers." The term fits, as they're…...
Weekend U. S. Navy Quote of the Day By Admiral Chester Nimitz: 'Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men"
8+ hour, 19+ min ago (941+ words) Chester Nimitz took command of the Pacific Fleet weeks after Pearl Harbor " when American naval power was at its lowest point in history. He turned it into the force that destroyed the Imperial Japanese Navy and signed the surrender on…...
The White Russians Lost the War But Their Legacy Haunted the USSR
9+ hour, 14+ min ago (531+ words) Militarily defeated, the White Russians found new ways to fight the Soviet Union. Explore their surprising cultural and political victories from abroad. Internal politics aside, the White Russians never made it to Russia's core. Because they were on the old…...
Rare 2, 000-hp Japanese WWII aircraft lifted out of ocean after 80 years
7+ hour, 3+ min ago (573+ words) A local effort to preserve history leads to the recovery of a nearly intact Shiden-Kai fighter. A WWII Imperial Japanese Navy fighter plane was lifted from the ocean with its wings and engine still intact, 80 years after it was lost…...
Saturday Military Quote of the Day by Dwight D. Eisenhower: "When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it
11+ hour, 39+ min ago (1045+ words) General and President Dwight Eisenhower commanded the largest invasion in human history and watched thousands of men die on the beaches he sent them to. He spent the rest of his life making sure it never happened again. "When people…...
Help us find hero's family: WWII medals at Flinders St lost and found
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (269+ words) Geelong Advertiser Help us find hero's family: WWII medals at Flinders St lost and found Four WWII service medals belonging to an Australian Army veteran have been sitting at the Flinders St Station lost and found for months'and now Metro…...