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The 10 most intense battles in US history
In the short history of our country, the United States rose to global military dominance — yeah, I said it. Come at me, China.But the road to the top was paved with the blood of good men and women....
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75 years ago, US Marines waded into 'the toughest battle in Marine Corps...
By the fall of 1943, Japanese forces had been ejected from Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific, and the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific were on the verge of capture.US forces now had to...
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The Japanese military forced South Korean women to work in brothels during...
Women from Japan and Korea — and the Philippines, China, Taiwan, and Indonesia — were sent to hundreds of front-line "comfort stations" to provide sex for the Japanese army that invaded and occupied...
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73 years ago, Mexican fighter pilots teamed up with the US Army to fight the...
Though a select few get most of the credit, a lot of countries were involved in the Allied efforts of World War II. There were so many moving parts that it's easy to forget that certain groups,...
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George H.W. Bush narrowly avoided being eaten by Japanese soldiers during...
A US Navy pilot was shot down after making bombing runs over the tiny island of Chichijima during WWII.He and nine fellow naval aviators had to evade their Japanese enemy. Only one managed to...
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George H.W. Bush's simple but profound life advice in 23 words
Former President George H.W. Bush died at the age of 94 on Friday. Bush lived by a simple, 23-word code he once outlined in a letter to his mother. Former President George H.W. Bush, who died at the...
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Unforgettable photos from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 77 years ago...
Under the South Pacific sun on December 7, 1941, troops serving the US fleet at Pearl Harbor began a calm Sunday morning unaware that Japanese bombers were headed toward America's most important...
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The Navy made incredible photos to show present-day Pearl Harbor compared...
On December 7, 1941, the US naval fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, suffered a devastating attack from the air and sea.The Japanese assault began around 8 a.m., resulting in the deaths of 2,403...
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Here's what Pearl Harbor was like hours after the devastating Japanese attack...
December 7, 1941, began like any other Sunday at Pearl Harbor, the US's most important Pacific base. Sailors and airmen slowly roused themselves from sleep as the might of the US fleet sat at anchor...
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Here's what President Roosevelt said to his Cabinet after the attack on Pearl...
Seventy-seven years ago President Franklin D. Roosevelt ushered his Cabinet into his study for what he deemed the "most important" Cabinet meeting since the onset of the Civil War in 1861.Pearl Harbor,...
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The US Army is granting this 94-year-old WWII vet's dying wish by presenting...
Francis Byrne, 94, will receive a Purple Heart for the injuries he suffered from a land mine during the World War II.Unfortunate circumstances coupled with bureaucratic failings have prevented Byrne...
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77 years after the attack, a retired Navy commander remembers surviving Pearl...
Retired US Navy Cmdr. Don Long was alone on an anchored military seaplane when Japanese warplanes started striking Hawaii at Pearl Harbor 77 years ago.Long watched from afar as the bombs and bullets...
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Here's how the US pulled off a daring mission to take out the mastermind of...
The US campaign in the Pacific got off to a slow start after the attack on Pearl Harbor.But by spring 1943, US forces were in a position to go after the architect of the attack.The daring, high-risk...
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Germany agrees to pay $2,800 in reparations to the surviving members of the...
The German government said Monday that they will issue one-time payments of $2,800 to surviving members of the Kindertransport.The Kindertransport was an effort started as World War II was kicking off,...
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74 years ago, the Nazis launched their last great western offensive of World...
By late 1944, Allied forces had pushed Nazi Germany back in much of Europe, retaking Paris and Rome.US Army intelligence determined that the thick evergreen forest of the Ardennes in Belgium would be a...
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79 years ago, the British won a surprise victory over Nazi Germany in the...
World War II got off to a bad start for the British.About two weeks after Poland surrendered to Germany at the end of September 1939 — succumbing to a month of the Nazi blitzkrieg — the British...
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Russia built new barracks for military troops on disputed islands near Japan,...
Russia said on Monday it had built new barracks to house its troops on a disputed chain of islands near Japan.The announcement said Moscow planned to move troops into four housing complexes on two of...
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The family of America's oldest living WWII veteran is asking for prayers...
The family of Richard Overton, America's oldest living World War II veteran, is asking for everyone to pray for his recovery. The 112-year-old was hospitalized on Wednesday with pneumonia.Born May 11,...
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How 'Rosie the Riveter' became the symbol of female empowerment
There were multiple "Rosie the Riveter" depictions that appeared during World War II.The one that most people think of today is J. Howard Miller’s flexing, red-bandana-wearing Rosie, that says "We Can...
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79 years ago, the B-24 Liberator took its first flight — here's how it helped...
As the US military was looking to expand production of Boeing's B-17 bomber in the late 1930s, Washington asked Consolidated Aircraft to start producing the plane.But after a visit to Boeing's factory...
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