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The Six Triple Eight: Black, Female Soldiers Honored for World War II Success
The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.
Congress honors all-Black female battalion crucial to World War II efforts
The battalion was tasked with cleaning out the massive backlog filled with more than 17 million pieces of mail that left troops without any communications from their families for months.
Boonville World War II soldier who died as a POW is finally coming home
U.S. Army Pvt. Harland J. Hennessey of Boonville was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II.
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World War II soldier killed in action is laid to rest 80 years later in Southern Nevada
SCENES FROM BOULDER CITY: Family, friends, veterans honor fallen World War II soldier Family ... American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medial with one Bronze Service ...
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The Only Black, All-Female Unit to Serve Overseas in World War II Receives the Congressional Gold Medal
The Six Triple Eight cleared a years-long backlog of mail in just three months. Eighty years later, the unit is finally getting the recognition it deserves ...
World War II newsman Ernie Pyle remembered at Punchbowl
COURTESY U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES Ernie Pyle and sailors listen to war reports aboard USS Charles Carroll while en route to Okinawa. 1 /5 COURTESY U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES Ernie Pyle and sailors listen to ...
Poignant memorial service to be held for Transatlantic couple who met in North Lincolnshire during World War II
American soldier Lester Moyer was stationed at the RAF base in Kirton Lindsey when he met Joan from West Butterwick in 1942 - ...
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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 in May 1945 ...