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World shares mostly gain ahead of earnings and data releases
NEW YORK (AP) — World shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed, quiet close at the start of ...
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Between the Lines: Remembering V-E Day
Within a few days, the U.S. and its allies will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. It seems like ...
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The only female unit to serve overseas in WWII gets a congressional medal 80 years on
The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for ...
Asian American veterans share emotional stories 50 years after Vietnam War
Since 2000, the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project has gathered roughly 121,000 submissions of veterans’ personal ...
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Dachau's memorial marks 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp
The Dachau memorial is hosting commemorative events and dedicating a plaque in honor of the U.S. Army's 45th Infantry ...
What interviews with ordinary Germans living under the Nazis can teach us about our current politics
Amy Buller’s Darkness of Germany describes the difficult decisions Germans faced as fascists took over their country – ...
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Anniversary event for German WWII camp’s liberation puts pleas for vigilance alongside remembrance
The U.S. Army’s 90th Infantry Division arrived at Flossenbürg concentration camp in Germany on April 23, 1945. Hundreds ...
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Russia declares unilateral 72-hour ceasefire in Ukraine to mark Victory Day in World War II
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the truce will run from the start of May 8 and last through the end of May 10 to ...
World War II airman’s remains receive a hero’s welcome in San Jose
San Jose resident Sandy Bellou remembers her mother crying whenever she spoke about her older brother, 2nd Lt. Robert ...
Dutch honor American war dead by ‘adopting’ their graves
Van Schaik’s letter inquiring about Army Capt. Walter “Hutch” Huchthausen sent US businessman and author Robert Edsel on an ...
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Americans, Germans share mutual encounter in the shadow of WWII's final days and aftermath
Dr. Adam Seipp of Texas A&M University presented a talk titled "GIs, Germans, and the Ends of War: 1944-46" at the Audie ...
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The Experience of Germany’s Transformation from a Defeated State to a Global Power
Many Germans during that period focused on the fate of prisoners of war, the dire housing situation in bombed German cities ... parts of the world, especially geopolitical tensions like its ...