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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 ...
WGN-TV

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 ...
24/7 Wall St

Why These WWII-Era Weapons Remain Battlefield Favorites

WWII weapons persist in modern conflicts because they are rugged, affordable and easy to repair in low-resource environments. The Browning M2 heavy machine gun has remained in frontline service since ...
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 ...
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 ...