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World War II forces sweetheart singer Vera Lynn dies at 103
Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular “Forces’ Sweetheart” who serenaded British troops during World War II, has died at 103.
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Korean War veteran sees medals for first time at ceremony
Marcos Luis Montano of Waukegan, 91, held his Purple Heart medal at Veterans Memorial Plaza for the first time last month.
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South Dakota veteran, 90, completes 3,000th honor guard
Arvid Meland, 90, a U.S. Army veteran, goes about his duties precisely and honorably.
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8 female soldiers who changed the course of US military history
March 8 is International Women’s Day, and a celebration of women would be incomplete if the female trailblazers of the United States Army were not recognized. From breaking barriers in combat to challenging the status quo across eras, here are 8 female soldiers who changed the course of history for the U.S. military.
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Sons of Tuskegee Airmen share history lessons with students
Lt. Col. Howard Baugh’s sons, Howard and Richard, recounted their father’s story to a small group of Richmond Public Schools students and teachers on Feb. 25 at the Virginia War Memorial
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Montana, Idaho 10th Mountain Division chapter closing down
Orville Bjorge is the only member of the 10th Mountain Division Association’s Big Sky Chapter left in Montana.
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Hundreds honor WWII Marine Corps veteran after death at 101
In the end, Cpl. Ray Barela wasn’t alone.
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Seventy-five years later, the Netherlands honors the ‘Black Liberators’ who helped end the Nazi occupation
In 1944, Allied forces began liberating the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. Among these soldiers were black GIs whose role in the liberation had largely been overlooked in historical accounts. Now, the Black Liberators Project seeks to highlight the service and sacrifice of these soldiers, including the 172 buried in Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.
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German city to honor WWII airmen executed after surviving B-17 crash
Joseph Prokop, then 22, survived the downing of the bomber only to be captured by the Germans and summarily executed after a Gestapo officer learned one of his crewmates was Jewish.
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These four 100-year-old World War II vets will participate in the Super Bowl coin toss
Four 100-year-old veterans who served during World War II will be recognized for their military service at the Super Bowl on Sunday.
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Valentines wanted: 104-year-old Iwo Jima Marine veteran wants one thing this Valentine’s Day
“I’ll save every one of them like I’ve been saving little things that have come up until right now and they’ll be a personal part of my history."
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75 years on, Battle of the Bulge memories bond people
As a schoolboy three quarters of a century ago, Marcel Schmetz would regularly see open trucks rumble past to a makeshift American cemetery — filled with bodies, some headless, some limbless, blood seeping from the vehicles onto the roads that the U.S. soldiers had given their lives to liberate.
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Tuskegee Airman celebrates 100th birthday with flight
A member of the Tuskegee Airmen celebrated his 100th birthday by taking a flight.
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A scorched survivor recalls the day that still lives in infamy
Donald Stratton details the physical and mental scars left from the raid on Pearl Harbor.
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After 75 years, a war hero gets France’s highest honor
Glenn Pitts lived a quiet life after World War II, but a friend’s tip led to the 94-year-old receiving the Legion of Honor for his part in liberating France.
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