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More than 8 decades after final mission, Southington native will finally be laid to rest
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (199+ words) SOUTHINGTON " More than eight decades after his final mission over war-torn Europe, U. S. Army Air Forces Technical Sergeant Donald Arthur Dorman, a Southington native who gave his life in service to his country during World War II, will finally be laid…...
Nakajima G10 N Fugaku: Japan's Bomber Built to Reach America
7+ hour, 46+ min ago (270+ words) by Max Gr'nwald | Jun 19, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments In 1942, with the tide of the Pacific war already turning against them, Japanese planners sketched out an aircraft of breathtaking ambition. It would take off from Japanese soil, fly across the…...
A tribute to Beavers who gave their all in World War II
7+ hour, 20+ min ago (84+ words) Evalyn Lindsey and other costs of war For over a year, I wrote about the 18 young men from Buena Vista College whose lives were cut short during the Second World War. But that number " Closeups at the Farmers Market Fonda…...
Box covers showcasing the history of Poland appearing throughout village
5+ hour, 19+ min ago (156+ words) POLAND - The Village of Poland is slowly rolling out artwork showcasing its history on traffic boxes throughout the village. Box covers will be placed on four traffic boxes throughout the village, with one already up and three more set to…...
Operation Vengeance: The P-38 Mission That Killed Yamamoto
13+ hour, 48+ min ago (241+ words) by Tamika Johnson | Jun 19, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments On a Sunday morning in April 1943, sixteen American fighter planes skimmed the surface of the Pacific so low their propellers feathered the wave tops. They flew for the better part of…...
Nazi Wunderwaffe: The Wonder-Weapons That Defied Reason
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (228+ words) by Connor Kerr | Jun 19, 2026 | History & Legends | 0 comments As the Third Reich's fortunes collapsed, its engineers reached for ever more extreme ideas. Some were genuinely brilliant. Some were merely enormous. And a few belonged squarely in science fiction. Hitler's faith in…...
How a WWII Torpedo Stayed on Target
7+ hour, 31+ min ago (197+ words) by Max Gr'nwald | Jun 19, 2026 | History & Legends | 0 comments Launching a torpedo is the easy part. The hard part is what happens next: keeping a one-tonne self-propelled bomb running dead straight and at exactly the right depth, through the chaos of the…...
El Paso Navy veteran who witnessed Japan's WWII surrender turns 100 on Father's Day
3+ hour, 9+ min ago (498+ words) EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) " Nearly 81 years after witnessing the end of World War II from Tokyo Bay, El Paso resident Bobby Pierce Long is preparing to celebrate a milestone few achieve: his 100th birthday. Long, a U. S. Navy veteran and lifelong El Pasoan,…...
Family, friends, and motorcyclists gather to transport body of WWII veteran
12+ hour, 47+ min ago (325+ words) FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) " Friends, family members, and about 200 motorcyclists came together to remember a veteran who died in World War II. Staff Sergeant Irvin Ellingson returned to North Dakota yesterday after 84 years. The homecoming set off 70 miles to Grand Forks. "Well,…...
Unknown no more | DNA identifies Maryland soldier who died in Revolutionary War
20+ hour, 47+ min ago (362+ words) A Revolutionary War soldier who died at the Battle of Camden in 1780 has been identified, solving one of America's oldest "John Doe" mysteries. The remains of Pvt. John Pumphrey of the 7th Maryland Regiment were discovered by South Carolina archaeologists at…...