The chapel still linking Orkney and Italy - 80 years after WW2 ended
It's almost 80 years since the end of World War Two, during which Orkney became home to hundreds of Italian prisoners of war.
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History Hour: 'That Evil Island'; Commemorating 80 years since the Battle of Iwo Jima, Feb. 20
The photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi after the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima against ...
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Dresden’s Moral Fallout Continues to Affect Us 80 Years Later
COMMENTARY: The Feb. 13-15, 1945, firebombing of the eastern German city symbolizes the brutality of World War II.
Helmet pulled from mud of Rhine River reunited with World War II soldier's family 80 years later
It is a reunion 80 years in the making. During World War II, Earl L. McCorkle from Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, was fighting the Germans while trying to cross the Rhine River. But it was during the Battle ...
Family of western Pennsylvania World War II soldier reunited with his helmet 80 years later
The helmet will remain on permanent display at Pittsburgh's Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum. And though McCorkle passed away in 1985, he could hardly have imaged that 80 ...
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World War 2 Soldier Was Buried Without Brain, Family Finds It 80 Years Later
Donnie MacRae was captured during the Battle of St ... as a German prisoner of war in 1941, was buried without his brain, a fact his family only discovered nearly 80 years later.
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World War II shipwreck discovered after 80 years
A shipwreck of more than 80 years was discovered in Brazil, which was later confirmed to be the ship used in World War 2 for transporting goods.As per CNN, hidden near the coast of Rio de Janeiro, the ...
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Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.
She knew he had died in the war, but she did not know how ... her as a singer led the group in “Amazing Grace.” For 80 years, Sergeant Hop was lost. Now, he was found. Ms. Wong was the ...
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The Tullamore priest who was killed in Manila 80 years ago
This month marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila. Fought in the closing months of World War 2, the operation to ...
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Underwater enigma: 80 years later, researchers uncover fate of missing submarine
It had been a mystery that, for over 80 years, remained unsolved — until now. We are talking about a submarine that disappeared during World War II and ... survived the Battle of Trafalgar ...
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York veteran Harold Pressel was awarded a Purple Heart 80 years after wounds in WW II
Standing before the crowded room, everyone standing out of respect, Lyons, who commands the 15the Air Force, the unit Pressel served with during World War II 80 years ago, shook Pressel’s hand ...
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World War II veteran, Gravity native receives 'Bronze Battle Star' 80 years later
An honor nearly 80 years in the making, a World War II veteran from Taylor County finally received his Bronze Battle Star.