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1 Gun, 6 Waves, 1,000 Rounds a Minute: The Final Hours at Omaha Beach’s Deadliest Strongpoint

As the only functioning MG42 at WN62, Hinrich Severloh fired relentlessly into six waves of U.S. troops at Omaha Beach. His machine gun and rifle killed hundreds before tracer rounds gave away his ...

Illinois quick hits: Ex-student sentenced for school gun, time served; fall semester beginning

The fall semester begins Monday at Illinois State University in Normal and at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and ...