Charlie Brown, the West Virginia bomber pilot that was saved by an enemy pilot in World War II
A West Virginian man was flying a damaged B-17 bomber that was about to be shot down by German forces during World War II ...
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A war story: Son of longtime MPD officer Harold “Hap” Houlihan reflects on his father’s WWII service, bombing mission led by James Stewart
Francis Houlihan, small town Iowa grocery man, only five years removed from his high school graduation, found himself 85 ...
National Interest on MSN5d
The 5 Best Fighter Jets of World War II
World War II saw the emergence of some groundbreaking jet fighters that revolutionized aerial warfare. The Messerschmitt Me ...
‘I don’t deserve all this': WW2 Veteran honored at South Carolina Military Museum
The South Carolina Military Museum honored one of the few World War II veterans still alive, 99-year-old Bruce Cook.
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The Remarkable Story of the WWII Ghost Army
My father, a longtime Milwaukeean, duped Nazis with a fake army during World War II– then stayed silent about his secret ...
How a secret weapon built in Cincinnati helped end World War II
Crosley-produced proximity fuses were the first deployed to enemy lines and responsible for the first kill of an enemy aircraft. The world's first smart bomb, produced here in Cincinnati, turned the ...
‘A piece of him is coming back’
I was just a little kid, but I remember him coming down the gangway at my grandmother’s house in his uniform on leave and he ...
Penticton remembers six former Pen High students were killed in action during the Second World War
The City of Penticton is looking back at a few of those who were killed in action during the First and Second World Wars, this year honouring six former Pen High students. Street banners are hanging ...
'We owe our freedom to those heroes... we must remember them': KATE PICKLES walks through the memories of her family's sacrifice in the Second World War as sh…
The crew of NG176, a doomed Lancaster Bomber, which went down over France in 1944, have been honoured with a memorial in ...
The National Interest4d
Graf Zeppelin: Nazi Germany Built the Worst Aircraft Carrier Ever
The German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin is often cited as one of the worst aircraft carriers in history. Designed by ...
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"The Gun Plant:" How General Motors Armed American Troops In WWII
America's "Arsenal of Democracy" relied on commercial manufacturers re-tooling to make the firearms necessary for American troops to fight across the world. One of the biggest plants was the Saginaw ...