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Anna Mae Robertson, Member of WWII’s ‘Six Triple Eight’ Unit, Dies at 101
The unit of 855 Black women was celebrated for clearing a massive backlog of undelivered mail for American service members.
Cradle of Aviation exhibit features WWII-era Long Island factory workers
Working on the Homefront, 1942-45" exhibit features about 50 photographs of workers at Grumman, Sperry, Republic and Liberty.
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USS New Orleans lost its bow in WWII but kept fighting. Now the wreckage has been found.
The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled ...
Thousands gather in Srebrenica on 30th anniversary of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since WWII
Thousands of people from Bosnia and around the world are gathering in Srebrenica to mark the 30th anniversary of the massacre ...
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Eisenhower on Disability Employment: A WWII Committee Meeting in Washington D.C.
The film features a speech by President Eisenhower emphasizing the importance of employing individuals with disabilities. He ...
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Last Remaining Piece of WWII Warship USS New Orleans Found After 80 Years
Researchers have found the missing bow of the USS New Orleans, a WWII warship torn apart in battle, off the coast of the ...
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During WWII, thousands of Long Islanders built aircrafts—but many of their names were never recorded
Working on the Home Front, 1942–1945." exhibit features a collection of about 50 black-and-white photographs of wartime ...
How a Monopoly board helped World War II prisoners get out of jail free
In the book “Monopoly X,” Philip E. Orbanes tells the true story of how a doctored version of the classic board game was used ...
WWII tank demonstrations taking place at Morgan Co. Fair
Residents near the Morgan County Fairgrounds may hear a few loud booms throughout the day on Wednesday — but those sounds are ...
Readers write in about trust in medical providers, a Melrose family’s WWII sacrifice, and more
As an older white woman with complex medical issues, I never take for granted that I have a trustworthy medical team, nor do ...