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Duty Calls: WWII soldier, Cohoes native ID'd after POW camp death
Army Maj. James J. O’Donovan, a native of Cohoes, was finally laid to rest 80 years after he died in a prisoner of war camp ...
WWII soldier’s remains will finally return to Central NY, 84 years after he left
DNA testing identified Harland Hennessey, 24, of Boonville, who died in 1942 in the Philippines. Now, he's coming home.
80 years ago, American soldiers captured the center of Nazi Germany
The Battle of Nuremberg, one of the last American battles in Europe in World War II, saw the 7th Army engage in days of ...
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New Book Follows the Dutch Civilians Who Came to Adopt and Care for American Graves from WWII
American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II" revolves around 12 people whose lives were ...
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WWII soldier buried with full military honors 8 decades after his death as a POW
U.S. Army Maj. James J. O’Donovan, more than 80 years after he died as a POW during World War II, was laid to rest with full ...
Virginia soldier killed during D-Day invasion accounted for more than 80 years later
U.S. Army Sgt. Ivor D. Thornton, 34, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy in the second wave of the D-Day invasion on June 6, ...
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Boonville World War II soldier who died as a POW is finally coming home
U.S. Army Pvt. Harland J. Hennessey of Boonville was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II.
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During WW2 a Native American Soldier Completed all Four Feats Required to Become a War Chief
To become a War Chief of the Crow Nation, a man must do four things prized of a stealthy Crow warrior: 1. Touch an enemy without killing them, 2. Seize an enemy’s weapon, 3. Lead a successful war ...
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Remains of soldier shot down over Germany in 1944 to be buried this week in Kentucky
The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Joe A. De Jarnette will be interred Saturday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in ...