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Wife of WWII Vet Who Died of COVID Has 1 Request: Wear a Mask in Honor of Marty
A coronavirus outbreak at the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton has claimed the lives of 15 veterans in a matter of weeks. One of them is 93-year-old WWII veteran Martin Oppenheimer, and he has quite a story.
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Born to Prevent War, UN at 75 Faces a Deeply Polarized World
The United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary with its chief urging leaders of an increasingly polarized, go-it-alone world to work together and preserve the organization’s most important success since its founding
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75th Anniversary of End of WWII Is Mostly Virtual Amid Virus
Some U.S. veterans who planned to climb aboard a battleship in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor to mark the 75th anniversary of the Japanese surrender that ended World War II instead watched a livestream of the ceremony from home
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German Court Convicts Former Concentration Camp Guard, 93
A German court has convicted a 93-year-old former SS private of being an accessory to murder at the Stutthof concentration camp, where he served as a guard in the final months of World War II
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Queen Makes Capt. Tom a Knight at 100, No Kneeling Required
Queen Elizabeth II has made a knight of the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public by walking 100 laps of his garden and raising some 33 million pounds ($40 million) for the National Health Service
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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 abroad during World War II, has died at 103. During the war and long after, Lynn got crowds singing, smiling and crying with sentimental favorites such as “We’ll Meet Again,” and “The White Cliffs of Dover.” “The family are deeply saddened to announce the passing of one of…
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‘A Moment of Disruption': Women Gained the Vote 100 Years Ago — as a Pandemic Raged
Suffragists fighting for the right to vote 100 years ago found themselves hemmed in by the Spanish flu of 1918, their rallies and other gatherings cancelled as they tried to convince lawmakers of their cause. Historians celebrating the milestone this year during the coronavirus pandemic have a new appreciation for what those women accomplished.
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Pandemic Makes for a Lonely D-Day Observance in Normandy
This year’s D-Day anniversary in Normandy has turned out to be one of the loneliest observances ever
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WWII Vet Who Beat COVID-19: ‘As Long as You Have Family, You Have Hope'
World War II veteran Joe Sterczela is back home after lasting through an eight-week battle with the novel coronavirus. The 93-year-old is no stranger to battling an enemy — the Navy veteran was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, during World War II. But Never before had the Webster, Massachusetts, native fought in the hospital against an enemy he couldn’t see. “He…
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World War II Veterans Join Trump at V-E Day Ceremony
Seven World War II veterans, ages 96 to 100, joined President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump at a wreath-laying ceremony Friday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. The veterans had hoped to mark the day in Moscow, but that idea was because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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WWII Veteran Celebrates 100th Birthday After Raising Millions for UK's Health Service
The British World War II veteran who became a national hero by raising millions to support the country’s National Health Service celebrated two milestones on Thursday with much fanfare, NBC News reports.
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Guam Residents Compensated for War Atrocities Decades Later
More than 3,000 people on Guam are expecting to get long-awaited compensation from the U.S. government for their suffering at the hands of imperial Japan during World War II.
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CT Marks Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary
People across Connecticut held somber ceremonies on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
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New Submarines to Take Names of Pearl Harbor Battleships
New U.S. Navy submarines will revive the names of the USS Arizona and USS Oklahoma, two of the biggest casualties of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, officials said. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly announced nuclear, Virginia-class attack submarines will carry the names, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday. The battleships were badly damaged...
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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. Sometimes, Schmetz said, there were over 200 bodies a day, casualties…
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Researchers Find 2nd Warship From WWII Battle of Midway
A crew of deep-sea explorers and historians looking for lost World War II warships have found a second Japanese aircraft carrier that went down in the historic Battle of Midway. Vulcan Inc.’s director of undersea operations Rob Kraft and Naval History and Heritage Command historian Frank Thompson reviewed high frequency sonar images of the warship Sunday and said that its...
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What We Know About the World War II-Era Plane That Crashed at Bradley Airport
Seven people are dead and eight others injured after a vintage Boeing B17 aircraft crashed Wednesday morning at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
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95-year-old Newington Vet Reflects on DDay
It’s difficult to remember every memory from an almost century of life, but a 95-year-old Newington man will never forget his time fighting in World War II.
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Hundreds Honor WWII Marine From NY Who Died Without Living Relatives
Hundreds turned out Friday to honor a decorated World War II Marine in New York after a young friend ensured the 97-year-old’s life and death did not go unrecognized.
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Woman Makes Sure Decorated WWII Marine From NY With No Living Relatives Isn't Forgotten
A decorated World War II veteran who died this month with no living relatives is being honored by strangers around the world thanks to an unlikely friendship with a young woman determined to give him a hero’s farewell.