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Why These WWII-Era Weapons Remain Battlefield Favorites

World War II ended generations ago, yet many of its weapons are still firing in today’s conflicts. Heavy machine guns, ...
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WWII nurses who braved battlefields deserve Congressional Gold Medal, advocates say

AT AGE 106, Alice Darrow can clearly recall her days as a nurse during World War II, part of a pioneering group that dodged bullets as they hauled packs full of medical supplies and treated the burns ...
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WWII veterans speak of sacrifice and freedom on D-Day battlefields after 81 years

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly ...
Killeen Daily Herald

70 years later, retired officer returns to World War II sites where he fought

After leaving the Pacific battlefields of World War II, retired Lt. Col. Kenneth “Scooter” Barclay, a Killeen resident, said he never imagined returning. “I was in college and saw that the war was ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Germany, Belgium sites bear World War II scars, monuments

Facing determined German troops, soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled this height at a high cost in men in 1944 during World War II. At first it might sound like Point du Hoc on ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A look at some D-Day sites, 80 years after World War II’s end

This year being the 80th anniversary of World War II's conclusion is as good a time as any to visit its European battlegrounds. In March, my dad and I made the trip to tour, via car, the D-Day (June 6 ...