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Pink Floyd Founder Visits Father's WWII Grave
Cassino :: Italy | 1 month ago
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The 69-year-old singer and bass player travelled to Cassino, south-east of Rome, where his father Eric Fletcher Waters died while serving as a second lieutenant with the Royal Fusiliers. He was among thousands of Allied troops who landed at Anzio in
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USS Landing Craft Infantry Association to Donate Archives to the National Museum of the Pacific War
Anzio :: Italy | 3 months ago
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February 18, 2013 The USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association has chosen the National Museum of the Pacific War and the Admiral Nimitz Foundation as the recipients of their entire archive collection. There are hundreds of Action
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A lesson from Anzio: Scots do not need to cling to the wreckage of Britain
Anzio :: Italy | 3 months ago
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February 2013 Scots like all Britains share a history of fighting to rescue Europe from fascism in the Second World War. On the anniversary of the its decisive, gagantic battle on the Eastern Front, the Britain built together after 1945 is no more.
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Soldier's WWII heroics riveting
Anzio :: Italy | 4 months ago
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Reviewed Del Wilber Alex Kershaw's latest World War II narrative, The Liberator, traces the fighting life of Felix Sparks, a small-town Arizona kid who served heroically as an Army officer in World War II. It's a poignant war story that culminates
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Canadian to receive Congressional medal
Anzio :: Italy | 8 months ago
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Today's soldiers could certainly learn a thing or two from this seasoned veteran of three wars who has seen his share of combat...Brum was born into one of Petawawa's founding families who eventually established one of the area's most endurable
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Morehead man, POW during World War II, dies at age 89
Anzio :: Italy | 10 months ago
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James Monroe "Roe" Horton Jr., a member of the elite Darby's Rangers in World War II and a prisoner of war for more than 15 months, died Friday at St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead after a brief illness...Mr. Horton, who grew up in
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Uncovering history, with love
Anzio :: Italy | 10 months ago
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John Rice Cleaning the bronze plaques on the Kiwanis monument at Adams Street and Thomas Avenue with a wire brush was too much like old times for Navy veteran Neil Scarpelli. It reminded him of scraping the metalwork on the supply ship he served on
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Fate's hold on Frank Barbaric
Anzio :: Italy | 11 months ago
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Greenwood community, talks about his service during World War II. Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media If there's no such thing as coincidence, if everything really does happen for a reason, Frank Barbaric wonders why he still is at a loss for an
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Woman retraces WWII journey of her father
Anzio :: Italy | 12 months ago
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Judy may be reached via judyjenkins@insightbb.com Posted May 26, 2012 at 3:12 p.m. , updated May 26, 2012 at 3:12 p.m...The Henderson resident who, with husband Harry, took a sentimental journey to Anzio, Italy, to stand in places her late father had
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Italy: Indian to serve 15 years for killing 'disrespectful' son
Anzio :: Italy | over 1 year ago
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An Indian immigrant was brought to prison Thursday after a Rome appeals court upheld a 15-year-four-month sentence he received for killing his son because he didn't respect Indian culture or a father's domestic authority. K.V., 41, in April 2009 was
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