On This Day: George Washington elected 1st U.S. president
George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...
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One of the last Tuskegee Airmen dies at age 100 in Michigan
Harry S. Stewart Jr., a fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for three kills in a ...
80 years later: 93-year-old Bay Area woman reunited with brother who went missing in World War II
After 80 years of uncertainty, a 93-year-old San Francisco woman is overwhelmed as her brother, Sergeant Yuen Hop, a World War II airman declared missing in action, is finally brought home to the Bay ...
Bloomfield Hills Tuskegee airman dies at 100
He was one of two of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the famed combat pilots of World War II.
Tuskegee airman who notched three air-to-air victories in one day dies at 100
Harry Stewart Jr. recorded three victories in one day and won the first-ever 'Top Gun' contest for military pilots.
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World War II veteran, Gravity native receives 'Bronze Battle Star' 80 years later
An honor nearly 80 years in the making, a World War II veteran from Taylor County finally received his Bronze Battle Star.
Lehigh County soldier among those who died in WWII’s largest loss of life during ship convoy
During the panic of the disaster, the four chaplains organized evacuees, distributed life jackets from storage, and tended to ...
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WWII soldier from Cambria County remembered on anniversary of sinking that killed 600+
Organizers of the region’s biannual Chapel of Four Chaplains ceremonies, honoring four religious leaders who sacrificed their ...
WWII’s largest loss of life during a ship convoy included 3 from Beaver County
A German U-boat sunk the USAT Dorchester on Feb. 3, 1943, in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing 672 of the 902 servicemen, ...
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Remembering Harold White, Canton's Tuskegee Airmen World War II hero
A Canton McKinley student became a member of the famed all-Black Tuskegee Airmen World War II Army Air Force unit. Here's the ...
WWII US soldier's remains identified
Bryant, at the time 23 -years-old, was assigned to Company B, 4th Ranger Battalion, a unit known as Darby's Rangers.
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Bay Area WWII vet's remains recovered, returned to family after 80 years
He was only 20 years old when he went missing in action at the tail end of World War II in Germany. After being identified in June 2024, Yuen Hop's remains have finally been returned to his family in ...