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World War II

Entertainment

A $100 Million Remake Of ‘Midway’ Is Set To Start Filming Next Month

William Cole, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Bullet Points

Former Nazi Camp Guard Finally Deported A Decade After His US Citizenship Was Revoked
History

A World War II Bomber Lies Deep In A North Carolina Lake. The Pilot’s Bride Witnessed The Crash

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That Time The US Military Tried To Use Bats As Bombers During World War II

Eric Webb, Austin American-Statesman

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Watch A WWII Code Talker Sing The Marine Corps Hymn In Navajo

Adam Weinstein

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9 Photos Of The WWII Aircraft Carrier That Used To Be A Luxury Steamer

Daniel Brown, Business insider

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Gen George S. Patton: Tough. Pugnacious. Poet?

Adam Weinstein

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The Omaha Beach Landing In ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Changed How We Look At WWII

James Clark

A member of the Marine Raider Ruckers, a group dedicated to marching 770 miles in remembrance of their fallen comrades, raises the Marine Raider flag, March 11, 2016, at Navarre, Florida.

Marine Raiders’ Reunion Breathes New Life Into The Corps’ ‘Old Breed’

James Clark

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‘Overlord’: Paratroopers Fight Nazi Zombies, Because Why Not?

James Clark

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That Time The Allies Engineered A ‘Cloaking Device’ During World War II

Sebastien Roblin, The National Interest

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One Of The Few World War II Paratroopers To Make 4 Combat Jumps With The 82nd Airborne Has Died

Drew Brooks, The Fayetteville Observer

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One Of The First Female Soldiers To Join The Army During World War II Has Died

Richard Chin, Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

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Thieves Drained The Savings Of America’s Oldest Living Veteran. The Bank Made It Right

Dana Branham and Brendan Meyer, The Dallas Morning News

A M1 Abrams tank assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, conducts a tactical road march from Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany to Hohenfels, Germany during Combined Resolve X on April 23, 2018.

US Troops Are Staying In Germany, The White House And Pentagon Say

Jeff Schogol

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Some Scumbag Robbed America’s Oldest Living Veteran Of His Savings And Identity

Brendan Meyer, The Dallas Morning News

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World War II Army Intelligence Officer Receives Congressional Gold Medal

Julie Huss, The Eagle-Tribune (North Andover, Mass.)

U.S Army 1st Lt. Garlin M. Conner, in full dress uniform during World War II.

This Army Hero Fought Off 600 Nazis Virtually Alone. Now He’s Getting The Medal Of Honor

Jeff Schogol

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5 Ways D-Day Could Have Been A Total Disaster For The Allies

Michael Peck, The National Interest

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama former Senator Max Cleland of Georgia before the ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings, June 6, 2009.

What Americans Should Consider On D-Day’s Anniversary, From A Man Who Knows

Brian Adam Jones