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‘You are always in my heart’: A look at love letters from World War II
For Valentine’s Day, Military Times delved into love letters that helped U.S. troops and their families through the dark days of World War II.
By Dave Kindy
Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is finding and honoring its veterans with the help of families
Green-Wood Cemetery's WWII project is intended to identify the graves of veterans and commemorate them with an online biography.
By Harm Venhuizen
A definitive ranking of the US military’s worst animal projects
The military has had a slew of failed experiments involving animals.
By Caitlin O'Brien
Guy Ritchie set to direct WWII thriller ‘Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’
Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was Britain’s first black ops unit.
Son Tay Raid commander Leroy Manor dies at 100
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leroy Manor served as a pilot in WWII and planned the Son Tay Raid in Vietnam. He died just four days after his 100th birthday.
By Harm Venhuizen
‘I just did what I was trained to do’: New book chronicles life of one of last two Arizona survivors
Nearly 80 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Louis "Lou" Conter, 99, is one of two remaining survivors from the battleship Arizona.
By Diana Stancy
After deadly Capitol riot, Army looking at which troops require security screening ahead of Biden inauguration
“We are working with the Secret Service to determine which service members supporting the national special security event for the Inauguration require additional background screening,” an Army spokesperson said.
By Kyle Rempfer
How some bra-wearing pigeons saved thousands of lives during WWII
Not even Alfred Hitchcock could have concocted the avian idea.
WWII escape maps might be the world’s most unique fashion statement
Invented by an MI9 intelligence officer, some 3.5 million escape maps of Europe and the Pacific were created during WWII to assist Allied forces shot down or taken prisoner.
Pandemic prompts Wounded Warrior Project and Fortune 500 company to jointly address veterans’ mental health
The authors of this commentary urge organizations and communities to be proactive with providing veterans mental health resources and connection opportunities during the pandemic.
By Dr. Melanie Mousseau and Bryan Tucker
Airlines crack down on emotional support animals, limit use to service dogs only
Flight crews were seldom fond of biting or bladder evacuation by animals that seem more suited for the Serengeti or Amazon rainforest.
By J.D. Simkins