Looted Leather and WWII Tires: How Doc Martens Came to Be
In 1945, while recovering from an ankle injury he got while skiing in Bavaria, Doctor Maertens discovered that a new use for ...
Nose Art: A Brief History Of The Personalized Painted Planes Of WW2
From Looney Toons characters to shark teeth to pinup models, nose art on aircraft has a storied history in air forces around ...
Staten Island WWII airman who was identified after 80 years to be given Arlington burial
Lt. Francis E. Callahan, who died at 22 in a 1944 bombing mission, will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery later this month.
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Army Air Forces soldier killed in WWII to be interred at Arlington Cemetery
The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Francis E. Callahan, who was killed during World War II, will be interred Monday ...
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North Dakota WWII Veteran Turns 108
Ray Curtis was born on Feb. 11, 1917, about two months before the United States entered World War I and a year before what ...
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These Polish Warplanes Fought the Nazi Invasion Until the Very End
The occupation of Poland may have turned out to be the last hurrah of Polish warplanes during WWII, but not the Polish combat pilots, more specifically the ones that escaped into exile in Great ...
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“No Mail, Low Morale” The Six-Triple-Eight Delivered!
On July 9, 1982, the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport obtained National Historic Landmark status. - Metropolitan ...
Obituary: Andree Dumon courageously bravely whisked fallen World War II flyers to safety
Europe was on fire in 1942. Nazi Germany had consumed much of the continent and was at the peak of its military-industrial ...
Yorkshire Air Museum display to cover 'Operation Gisela'
The museum's new display and animation, inside the museum's Bomber Command building, will tell the story of the attack on the base; the display also features a JU88 propeller recovered from the North ...
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On the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Dresden, tributes to victims are hijacked by far right
More than 25,000 people died during the Allied firebombing of the city of Dresden, Germany, from February 13 to 15, ...
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Dresden’s Moral Fallout Continues to Affect Us 80 Years Later
COMMENTARY: The Feb. 13-15, 1945, firebombing of the eastern German city symbolizes the brutality of World War II.
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How is Dresden commemorating the 1945 WWII Allied bombing?
Victor Klemperer was an eyewitness to the Dresden bombings at the end of World War II, on February 13 and 14, 1945. The renowned scholar wrote what became known as the most vivid description of the ...