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They bathed from helmets in North Africa, survived German bombs in Anzio and slogged through Italy in knee-deep mud. They weren't soldiers, they were doctors and nurses from Charlotte, members of the pioneering 38th Evacuation...
Remember those Republican boasts that they would turn health care into President Barack Obama's Waterloo? Well, exit polls suggest that to the extent that health care was an issue in Tuesday's elections, it worked in Democrats'...
Organization paid to fly WW II vets to Washington to see memorials, be honored for their service By CARL E. FEATHER - Of the 10 World War II campaigns Ellsworth R. Marteeny of Conneaut experienced, Anzio is the one he remembers...
Stars and Stripes European edition, Wednesday, October 21, 2009 NAPLES, Italy — The U.S. Navy seized about 4 tons of hashish with an estimated value of $28 million after chasing down a skiff in the Gulf of Aden last week, the...
Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do!  For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.  Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed...
By Fehrenbach, T. R. Fehrenbach, T. R. £6.99 01 Jul 2009 Paperback ibooks Operation Shingle was a bold, and desperate, gamble by the Allies to break the stalemate in Italy. The plan was to outflank the German army firmly...
Jun 10 2009 by Alastair Craig, Evening Chronicle BIRDSONG replaced the clatter of artillery for a North East war hero on an emotional return to a former battleground. Army veteran Norman Cowley made a journey to the scene of...
Jack Streeter of Reno was a 22-year-old Army lieutenant in the second wave that stormed ashore on Omaha Beach 65 years ago today. He watched tracer bullets rip into the landing craft next to his and shred the soldiers inside.
Three Weeks in Italy V-Mail from my father, John W Kendall, Jr., to his parents in Kansas. My father was a Sargent in charge of the motor pool. He served in the , 157th Infantry of the United States Army. Anzio Beach, Italy,...
Jun 1 2009 by Katy Simpson, Evening Chronicle IT IS a journey which thousands of soldiers never returned from 65 years ago. Now these Royal Marines are paying their respects to those who lost their lives in the Second World...
