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World War II mothballed ship heads to S.F., then dismantler
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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11/27/2009 01:00:43 AM PST A World War II ship took the first leg of its final journey Tuesday, when it was towed for hull cleaning from Suisun Bay to San Francisco, a federal transportation department spokeswoman said. A contract to clean live plant...
Tags: world war, war ii, dry dock, San Francisco, Freighters, San Francisco Bay, Drydock, Liberty ships, Suisun Bay, Solano County California, Reserve fleet
The Wall came down 20 years ago, but nostalgia for communism lingers in Berlin
Berlin :: PA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Twenty years ago, I was a bearded little Dorothy going through a "Wizard of Oz" moment, only in reverse. In October 1989, I passed through Checkpoint Charlie and stepped from the Technicolor world of West Berlin, with all its blue neon theater signs,...
Tags: East Berliners, West Berlin, Berlin-Mitte, Berlin Brigade, Berliner Dom, Ostalgia, world war, war ii, Unter den Linden, German Democratic Republic, Berlin, East Germany, Politics, Cold War, Mitte, Pariser Platz, Eastern bloc, Potsdamer Platz
There's a story of courage behind every paver
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 1 day ago
Credibility Dave Kettering Dick Bridges Veterans Memorial Plaza, established on Chaplain Schmitt Island, acknowledges America's wars...Friends and families of peacetime and wartime tri-state-area veterans purchase granite pavers to recognize commitment and sacrifice.
Tags: world war, war ii, Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, United States Marines, David Bendorf, Veteran, Human Interest, Medal of Honor, War Conflict
Classic holiday show
Olympia :: WA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility And like that offering, this one — also starring Lavon Hardison as Stardust owner Loretta Mae — is more of a traditional musical than a revue, with songs integrated into the plot. The plot revolves around the rationing instituted during World War II,...
Tags: Linda Whitney, world war, stardust homecoming, holiday shows, war ii, Olympia, Holiday, Harlequin, Christmas music, Stardust, Entertainment Culture
Amazing Aerial Images Taken by daring Allied pilots on secret missions during World War II
The detail is astonishing. At first it looks like just another castle surrounded by tiny houses and neat fields. But zooming in on the courtyard one can see figures milling around. They are in fact Allied officers being held in the notorious German...
Tags: Surveillance, Nazis, Alan Williams, war ii, Sarah, allnews, Dirk Bogarde, New York City, World War II, Winston Churchill, The National, Adolf Hitler, Earth, Surveillance aircraft, War, Reconnaissance aircraft, world war, Signals intelligence
Female trailblazer from McKeesport recognized as pilot
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility She was the first female commercial pilot, the first female airmail pilot, and she broke endurance records, flying with fellow female pilot Frances Marsalis for 10 straight days. When World War II ended, she was a major with the Women Airforce Service...
Tags: Ms. Richey, McKeesport Heritage Center, Ms. Wivagg, world war, mckeesport resident, commercial pilot, war ii, United Kingdom, London, Aviator, Television pilot, McKeesport Pennsylvania, Women in World War II, Helen Richey, Pittsburgh metropolitan area, Women Airforce Service Pilots, Allegheny County Pennsylvania
Race against time
New York City :: NY :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River Rd., Rosemont Tickets: $39.50-$79.50 Phone: (800) 745-3000 As soon as director Bartlett Sher began rehearsals for the 2008 Lincoln Center revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" -- which, amazingly, marked...
Tags: Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Lincoln Center Theatre, world war, Bart Sher, war ii, Bartlett Sher, Nellie Forbush, David Pittsinger, national tour, New York City, Oklahoma!, Musical theatre, Hair, Bali Ha'i, Broadway musicals, South Pacific, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Entertainment Culture
New World War II Jewish diary published
Warsaw :: Poland | 4 days ago
Credibility Klaartje de Zwarte-Walvisch, a seamstress, was 32 when she was arrested in Amsterdam. Her diary was found by researchers working on an Nos tv programme about World War II last year. She began writing down her experiences on the day she and her husband...
Tags: world war, war ii, Poland, Warsaw, Sobibor extermination camp, Westerbork concentration camp, Extermination camp, Vught, Entertainment Culture, Nazi concentration camps, Jewish resistance during the Holocaust, Operation Reinhard
Now there are more reasons to visit National World War II Museum
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Since opening nine years ago, the National World War II Museum has been a magnet for anyone interested in the 20th century’s defining conflict...With the opening of the Solomon Victory Theater, Stage Door Canteen and The American Sector restaurant, the...
Tags: Stage Door Canteen, world war, war ii, John Besh, New Orleans, Tom Hanks, National World War II Museum, Chalmette Louisiana, Movie theater, War Conflict, Greater New Orleans, Quillan
Looking for her father
Princeton :: NJ :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Hannah Dazzler came one step closer in her search for information about her father last weekend. Standing in Princeton’s American Legion Hall, Dazzler was finally able to hold in her hands the medals Solomon Dazzler had earned during World War II. Solomon...
Tags: Solomon Dazzler, Hannah Dazzler, Oklahoma, world war, war ii, Princeton, Debbie Halvorson, Dazzler
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