UC San Diego professor shares broader history of Black Americans along the Pacific coast in public exhibition
Caroline Collins looks at such people as mariners, explorers, whalers and shipbuilders between the 16th and 20th centuries ...
Joe Harris, oldest WWII paratrooper who paved way for Black soldiers, dies at 108
The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...
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WWII soldier Sgt. Edward Kovaleski to be laid to rest at Arlington
The remains of a soldier from Massachusetts whose aircraft crashed in Europe during World War II in 1945 have been identified, and he will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, the Defense POW ...
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WWII soldier missing for over 80 years returning to Bloomington Thursday; burial planned April 12
BLOOMINGTON — A funeral will be held in Bloomington on Thursday for a World War II soldier recently identified by DNA analysis. Pfc. Robert Bryant was born Feb 20, 1920, in Sedalia, Missouri ...
How Black paratroopers saved the US from Japan’s WWII firebombs
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 ...
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Remains of American Soldier Captured by the Japanese During World War II Identified Nearly 80 Years Later
After his plane was shot down, Glenn H. Hodak was sent to a military prison in Tokyo, where he was killed by U.S. firebombing ...
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In WWII, the ‘Tokyo Express’ was tough to beat. One man changed that.
Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...
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Remains of American Soldier Captured by the Japanese During World War II Identified Nearly 80 Years Later
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency An American soldier who was killed during World War II has been accounted for nearly 80 years after his death. Last week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ...
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Lincoln WWII veterans honored and thanked by Gov. Pillen for their service
Jay Cawley, 101, and Clare Sward, 99, were honored by Gov. Jim Pillen for their service during the War at The Grand Lodge.
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'The Greatest Soldier in American History' Took a Tank Round to the Leg and Kept Fighting
The only reason Matt Urban didn't receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly breaking an entire battalion through France ...