Remains of World War II airman from Massachusetts identified 82 years after dying as prisoner of war
U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Bernard J. Calvi, 23, died in a prisoner of war camp in the Philippines during World War ...
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The Second Battle of Fallujah, 20 years later
This month marks 20 years since the start of the bloodiest battle of the Iraq War. Marines who were on the ground share their ...
Russia hit by DEADLIEST day of war with 1,770 killed & wounded while Putin readies 50,000-strong Kursk counterattack
RUSSIA has been hit by the deadliest day of war as Putin’s losses in Ukraine have reached a record daily high of 1,770, Kyiv ...
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From Vietnam’s front lines to a legacy of service: Waterbury’s Alfred Comeau reflects on sacrifice, struggle, and patriotism
WATERBURY - The year was 1964. American kids were in a frenzy over the arrival of the Beatles, the nation was still ...
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‘I would do it again’: Battle of the Bulge veterans recount their actions in one of WWII’s bloodiest fights
With the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge a month away, Army veterans Harry Miller and Frank Cohn will take center ...
The Battle of Droop Mountain, the largest and bloodiest WV Civil War battle
The Droop Mountain Battlefield became the first West Virginia State Park and part of the Civil War Discovery Trail, now known ...
Britain faces DECADES of security threats from ‘Axis of Evil’ – but the UK is ready to fight says defence chief
BRITAIN faces decades of security threats from the “Axis of Evil” – but the UK is ready to fight, the defence chief says. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the chief of defence staff, ...
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'Marines! Tonight you die!': Viera Korean War vet recalls getting shot in historic battle
Ray Burkard's right leg in December 1950 while he was withdrawing alongside his fellow exhausted troops during the wintertime ...
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Discovery of Civil War Veterans’ Remains in Seattle Leads to Long-Awaited Military Burials
The remains of 28 Civil War veterans were found in a Seattle funeral home and laid to rest with full military honors after ...
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The Battle of Antietam
On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...
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The Civil War Begins
He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...
Compassion amid chaos − how one of America’s greatest poets became a lifeline for wounded soldiers
Walt Whitman is considered one of the greatest poets in American history. Born the second of nine children in straitened circumstances in New York in 1819, he left school at age 11 to help support his ...