For several generations, the rain-soaked soils of Mindanao Island have slowly swallowed the remains of scores of American and Filipino soldiers who vanished in the chaos and brutality of World War II. Now, however, a flicker of deliverance has emerged: a groundbreaking partnership between a Virginia-based nonprofit organization and officials of the autonomous Muslim government […]
World War II
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POW Witness: He Was Forced to Watch an Execution of U.S. Soldiers. 80 Years After WWII, His Story Sparks a Search for Their Remains
At 96 years old, a former World War II POW is helping researchers locate the burial site of US soldiers executed by the Japanese in the Philippines.
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100-year-old Veteran Kept Jewish Prayer Book Over His Heart as He Confronted the Holocaust
A 100-year-old Jewish Army veteran deals with anti-Semitism in his unit during his World War II service as he meets victims of the Holocaust.
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Remember and Protect Their Fragile Gift of Freedom. Thank You to The Greatest Generation
Air Force veterans salutes the Greatest Generation while attending the 80th anniversary of D-Day Normandy invasion.
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We Trudged Through an Unknown, Unexperienced Evil—Unaware How That Evil Took Hold in Us
Joseph Simboli Jr., of the 89th Infantry Division, helped liberate Ohrdruf, the first Nazi concentration camp discovered by American forces in April 1945.
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‘I Have Had All I Can Take’ — the Final Months of Legendary War Reporter Ernie Pyle
‘The Hurt Has Finally Become Too Great’
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My Father Died Over 60 Years Ago. I Feel That I‘m Just Now Meeting Him
His father served in World War II and remade his life, one that a son is finally discovering.
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“One Stinking, Terrifying Hell”—When Soldiers and Butterflies Go to War
Elizabeth O’Herrin found solace in writing about her war, and she wonders and wishes she could ask her grandfather if he felt relief in writing about his.
