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Frei: Untold stories in "Big Shootout"
Fayetteville :: AR :: USA | about 18 hours ago
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Sunday was the 40th anniversary of the "The Big Shootout," matching No...In the past week, I've been on the other side of the table, responding to questions in interviews about the Dec. Texas 15-14, because of my 2002 book, "Horns, Hogs, and Nixon Coming."
Tags: Texas, world war, big shootout, Bill Clinton, University of Arkansas, war ii, Richard Nixon, Freddie Steinmark, Arkansas ROTC, Fayetteville, Arkansas Razorbacks football, Big 12 Conference, Texas Longhorns, Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium
Grandson, veteran visit memorial
Danville :: VA :: USA | about 20 hours ago
Credibility Patrick Samuel Runyan of Danville recently shared quite an experience with his grandfather Samuel Gomer, who is a World War II veteran. After Runyan’s grandparents and friends learned of an organization called the Honor Flight Network, they applied to...
Tags: Kenneth Runyan Sr., Samuel Runyan, world war, war ii, honored flights, ii memories, flights network, Danville, Hospitality Recreation, Veteran, Human Interest, Military personnel, War Conflict
Members of the Greatest Generation tell their stories
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 23 hours ago
Credibility That's how the Greatest Generation approaches its story: They sidle up to it and present it in a modest, matter-of-fact manner. Oh, and by the way, one old soldier might add, "I was wounded and almost lost my life.'' On Sunday, five World War II veterans...
Tags: Herbert Kwart, world war, war ii, McCaughey, greatest generations, Bud Rideout, Afghanistan, Kabul, War Conflict
Pearl Harbor survivor to address gathering in St. Paul
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 days ago
Credibility A Pearl Harbor survivor from Mille Lacs County will talk about his role on that historic and infamous day during an observance in St...Ed Wentzlaff, 92, of Milaca, is scheduled to make brief remarks Monday morning during a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony...
Tags: Pearl Harbor, United States, harbor remembrance, world war, Hawaii, war ii, Japan, Tōkyō, Oahu, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County Hawaii, USS Arizona, World War II Pacific Theatre, Japanese American history, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Shrines, Battleship, Flag of the United States, USS Ward, Linda Lingle, War Conflict, Vexillology, Aiea Hawaii, War epic films, Aichi D3A, Carrier-based aircraft, Half-staff, Governor of Hawaii, Flags, Pearl
Veterans share their memories
Greenup :: IL :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility It’s been more than 60 years since Carl Cooke landed on the beachhead at Anzio and the memories are getting hazy...He and his comrades in the 3rd Infantry Division waited weeks before they could move inland. Once they broke through they moved on to Rome...
Tags: Greenup County, world war, war ii, Vietnam, Carl Cooke, history project, oral history, Greenup, Health Medical Pharma, Politics, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Veteran, Greenup County Kentucky, Military personnel
Eugene O. Engle dies: His diary describes 54 combat missions aboard a World War II bomber in the China-Burma-India theater
Florissant :: MO :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility His diary describes 54 combat missions aboard a World War II bomber in the China-Burma-India theater ST. Gene Engle had never been far from his hometown of Hannibal, Mo., when in 1942 at age 20 he joined the Army Air Forces. He ended up in a B-24 bomber...
Tags: combat mission, China-Burma-India, world war, Catherine Clay of Hannibal, war ii, engle died, india theater, Eugene O. Engle, Florissant
A journey across time aboard the Queen Mary
Beach :: ND :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility As my husband, our nephew and I made our approach to the Queen Mary Hotel in Long Beach, it occurred to me what an odd setting this was for a luxury hotel. We were passing through a hard-core industrial area that was none too fragrant. Then again, when...
Tags: world war, Port of Long Beach, foolish things, Long Beach Harbor, war ii, Beach, Ocean liners, Hospitality Recreation, Steamships, RMS Queen Mary
Summit Like It's 1937
Roosevelt :: NY :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility President Barack Obama has called a jobs summit for December 3 – the day before the Bureau of Labor Statistics is likely to report the unemployment rate for November increased yet again, beyond the 26 year high 10.2% registered in the October. Instead...
Tags: million job, world war, Francois Velde, Christina Romer, ARRA, Federal Reserve, Franklin D. Roosevelt, war ii, Washington Mutual, Roosevelt, Public finance, Guggenheim Fellows, Business cycle, Recessions, Great Depression, Business Finance, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Labor, Keynesian economics
World War II fighter pulled from Lake Michigan
Glenview :: IL :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility E-mail: To: From: Name: E-mail: Comments: More Coverage After more than 60 years below the surface of Lake Michigan, an F6F-3 Hellcat fighter plane was lifted from the cold water Monday morning...Elcock, the plane crashed into the lake during a training...
Tags: Lake Michigan, world war, U.S. Navy, Hunter Brawley, war ii, Walter B. Elcock, Glenview
WWII buddy connects a daughter and dad
Greensboro :: NC :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility When Clarice Presnell Johnson’s dad talked to her about World War II, he was always drunk. He’d go on about his time in the Navy and his tours on six ships before slipping into nostalgia about friends and friendships, good times and bad, and a sailor’s...
Tags: Clarice Presnell Johnson, Leigh Rodenbough, Charlie Presnell, Asheboro, Navy, world war, USS Ellyson, war ii, Greensboro
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