As the last generation that remembers full-scale global war is disappearing, the United States may be stumbling into a catastrophe.
Tag: World War II (1939-45)
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In a Polish Village, Renewed Fears of War Spilling Over From Ukraine
When missiles landed a few miles from the Ukrainian border, residents say they reignited fears that had largely calmed since the war’s early weeks.
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Samuel Folsom, 102, Who Fought the Japanese Above Guadalcanal, Dies
He went to war at 22 with limited flying experience but dodged Zeros, knocked out bombers and won the Distinguished Flying Cross and a Purple Heart.
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6 Dead After Planes Crash in Mid-Air at Dallas Executive Airport
The crash involved two World War II-era planes at Dallas Executive Airport on Saturday. Videos showed a smaller airplane slam into a larger aircraft as horrified onlookers watched.
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84 Years Later, a New Look at the Nazi Attacks of Kristallnacht
Newly released photographs of the assaults on Jews during the 1938 pogrom, which is widely commemorated as the start of the Holocaust, had been kept by a former American serviceman.