Quantico EOD called to remove WWII-era mortar from Virginia home
In Virginia, it’s not uncommon to unearth relics from the Civil War, but finding a 50mm French mortar dating to WWII is something else entirely.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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Gene Hackman, Oscar-winning actor and Marine veteran, dies at 95
Actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, 64, were found dead with their dog in their New Mexico home.
French Navy carrier commander ponders data overload, battle at sea
"We are now cooperating at a sort of equal level with the threat – being a lot more humble and thinking more efficiently," said Rear Adm. Jacques Mallard.
Navy to name destroyer after WWII hero Charles French
The secretary of the Navy announced the sea service will name a new destroyer after a WWII hero aptly referred to as the 'Human Tugboat.'
Pearl Harbor survivor and ‘world’s oldest conductor’ dies at 104
Pearl Harbor survivor, Navy band French horn player and the Guinness World Record holder for oldest conductor, Frank Emond, died earlier this week.
WWII veteran receives France’s highest honor
Ernest Marvel was awarded the French Legion of Honor in July — almost 80 years after he helped liberate the country from the Germans in World War II.
By Shannon Marvel McNaught, The News Journal