For 1968 and 1969, there was a Jazzfest in the Municipal Auditorium with Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie ... when they had to stop it for World War II. Then they did reintroduce it again a few ...
So how did jazz come to rule the world? For the answer to that, let’s travel back to America in 1920. World War I had ended ... Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie – and together they began ...
The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...
After 80 years, a World War II soldier that was killed during a bombing mission over Germany has been laid to rest at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
HUDSON — Donald Dacier, the last living member of the so-called "Ready Teddy" flight crew, a B-29 bomber that flew dozens of ...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen honored World War II veterans earlier this week. Pillen presented Clare Sward and Harold Cawley with ...
Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen honored two sisters for their efforts during World War II. Pillen recognized Margy Dietz and Marcy ...
Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his everlasting good fortune, he was not involved in the most ...
Two sisters, who are 101 and 103 years old, were honored by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Monday for their work at the World War II bomber plant where the ...