Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal

ShareThey flew non-combat missions, but 38 were killed in service
 They flew planes during World War II but weren’t considered “real” military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home.
These aviators — all women — got long-overdue [...]

The Irish Pride of the Sullivan Brothers

The words were from a letter that Mrs. Alleta Sullivan received from President Roosevelt, when it was confirmed that all five of her sons were missing in action after the sinking of the USS Juneau during the Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942. While most aboard the Juneau perished, a few remained alive including the eldest Sullivan brother George, who would later die at sea. The last remaining survivors lived through of a horrific ordeal of exhaustion, heat, sharks, hunger and thirst.

Band of Brothers: Darrel “Shifty” Powers

ShareEmail story of a WW II 101st Airborne trooper resonates with our need for heroes. The story is fictional but the story of those who jumped into Normandy and fought their way through France is definitely not.
(PHILADELPHIA) – The email story of “Shifty” Powers shows the power of the internet and our search for real [...]

Pilot considered the only ace Tuskegee Airman dies – Washington Post

ShareThe Washington Post reports today in a piece entitled Pilot considered the only ace Tuskegee Airman dies that Lt. Colonel Lee A. Archer, USAF (Ret.) died today at age ninety in New York.  He is generally considered to be the only Black ace fighter pilot of World War II.
Rest in peace, Colonel.
CWO3 Tom Barnes, USCG [...]

Sixty-five years later Army honors WWII Vet Norman D. Fellman

Sixty-five years after the Germans captured Norman D. Fellman of Prescott during World War II, the U.S. Army recognized him Wednesday as one of 350 U.S. soldiers who were held as slaves inside Nazi Germany at the Berga an der Elster camp.

Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank, dies at 100 – A.P.

ShareThe Associated Press is reporting in a story entitled Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank, dies at 100 that a bona fide hero of World War II has died.
This woman’s heroism needs no commentary from me.  May she rest in peace.  And may we all recite the last words of one who is about [...]

Baa Baa Black Sheep

ShareMarine veteran remembers visit by Colonel Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, Medal of Honor and Navy Cross recipient, the Marine Corps’ highest ranking Ace from WW II. 
(Somerdale, NJ) – It’s not often that you get to ‘stand inspection’ for a Medal of Honor winner.  The word was passed that Colonel Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, WW II Medal of Honor [...]

Double Atomic bomb survivor dies in Japan – Washington Post

ShareIn the Washington Post today we read an article entitled Double Atomic bomb survivor dies in Japan .  Here is an excerpt:
"Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, has died at age 93.

Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima [...]

In Ukraine, movement to honor members of WWII underground sets off debate – Washington Post

ShareIn today’s Washington Post there is an article entitled In Ukraine, movement to honor members of WWII underground sets off debate that proves to be an interesting read.  This sort of thing is common, more or less, throughout all of Europe. 
The French Underground was largely Communist and that was also true for the Underground [...]

THE FORGOTTEN MARINE

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In the Mood for Glenn Miller

ShareBy Donna Teresa / Staff Writer Monterey Herald
The holidays make me very sentimental and I never want to forget the memories that I have of my grandparents.
I am captivated by their stories about life on the homefront during World War II. They were big fans of swing music and one of their favorites [...]

Pearl Harbor survivor back for 1st time since war

ShareBy AUDREY McAVOY

Retired firefighter Ed Johann was a teenage apprentice seaman on Dec. 7, 1941, when he spotted Japanese planes coming in over Pearl Harbor.  He thought they were U.S. aircraft conducting drills until explosions and flames erupted from stricken ships in the harbor.  Then came screams of sailors; the stench of burning oil and [...]

PEARL HARBOR ATTACK: A VETERAN REMEMBERS

ShareBy REES LLOYD
The horror of Japan’s Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, a day  President Franklin D. Roosevelt said would “live in infamy,” may have faded for many Americans, but not for the veterans who survived it. “How can anyone forget Pearl Harbor? So many good American kids killed, wounded,  maimed for life. We were [...]

WWII light cruiser crew to gather in S.C.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. Some remaining crew members of the World War II light cruiser USS Columbia will gather in South Carolina’s capital city this week.
The State reported about two dozen veterans and about 100 family members are expected in Columbia for the reunion Thursday.
The USS Columbia participated in most of the sea [...]

SUPPRESSED HISTORY: FASCISM IN AMERICAN POLITICS

ShareFACIST TIES TO POLITICS AND BUSINESS IN THE US,  REDACTED HISTORY
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
Editors note:  Read about how this book was suppressed.
In recent days, there has been much confusion with terms like "Fascism" and "Socialism" being tossed around as one in the same, mostly in reference to President Obama and his war against [...]

Charlie Mattson: The Last Man Alive

Shareby Randall Ark, Staff Writer
My wife and I planned a trip to New City, New York for a long-overdue visit with her cousin and her cousin’s husband. Her cousin emailed me before we left and asked if I would mind spending one afternoon of our visit with a friend of theirs, as he was a [...]

The Battle of Los Angeles: A Strange Chapter in World War II

ShareHere is a video about the Battle of Los Angeles, a very strange part of the early days of World War II.  It is interesting to watch.
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Fresh doubts over Hitler's death after tests on bullet hole skull reveal it belonged to a woman – Mail Online

ShareHere is a story of great historical significance, if true.
The Daily Mail online, a British newspaper, has reported as of yesterday that Americans have tested the supposed skull of Adolf Hitler held by the Soviets at the end of the war and found it to belong to a woman of less than 40 years of age.
Wow!
     

History Made and History Being Made. A Veteran's View.

ShareI go through the New York Times and the Washington Post every morning to look for items that veterans can ponder that day.  Uncharacteristic for me is a sort of traditional, "patriotic" glow that every now and then comes over me and I have to share this story from the Times today.  It concerns a [...]

Maj. Gen. Bond, USAF, a former Flying Tiger, dies – Washington Post

ShareThe Washington Post reports today that Major General Charles Bond, USAF Retired, died yesterday at the age of 94 of dementia.  He died in an assisted living community in Dallas, Texas. He is one of the last surviving Flying Tigers of World War II fame.  The Flying Tigers, a group of active duty pilots who [...]

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