Born on the Fourth of July, Waynesboro Marine lost his life on Iwo Jima in World War II
Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...
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Iwo Jima veteran recalls ‘terrible, terrible’ battle 80 years after WWII
His 10 days at Iwo Jima were a “terrible, terrible experience with dead people everywhere,” he told Stars and Stripes in a ...
80 years since one of the bloodiest Pacific battles of World War II
80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...
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Blair man killed in action honored
A Blair County man who lost his life in the Battle of Iwo Jima has been memorialized by the nonprofit Stories Behind the ...
Chesapeake WWII hero and community pillar dies at 100
His family said he volunteered for Meals on Wheels, was a dedicated blood donor, avid gardener, loved to travel, and was very ...
History Today: How the My Lai massacre unfolded during the Vietnam War
It was on March 16 1968 that the My Lai massacre took place in Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province where hundreds of Vietnamese ...
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Chesapeake WWII hero and community pillar dies at 100
A Chesapeake World War II hero whose service included the Battle of Iwo Jima has passed away, family members said. Edward Vincek was a farmer-turned-corporal in the Marines. During WWII ...
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In 1945, eighty years ago, no one knew how World War II would end
Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...
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Tom Moran: Are we still the good guys? Trump is trashing that legacy.
All of it makes me so damn proud to be an American. We saved millions of history’s most desperate people, the huddled masses, ...