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WWII soldier’s letter delivered to family 76 years after it was sent from Germany

A Massachusetts widow recently received a surprise in the mail that made her holidays a little brighter. After a 76-year delay, a letter her late husband wrote to his mother while he was stationed overseas ...

WWII veteran, 101, to attend Pearl Harbor ceremony thanks to help from former NFL star

David Russell was on the USS Oklahoma when it was attacked with torpedoes on this day 80 years ago. But a split second decision to get off the ship likely saved his life as Japanese ...

95-year-old WWII veteran finally receives high school diploma 77 years after he went to war

A 95-year-old World War II veteran from Massachusetts finally received his high school diploma, seven decade after he left school to serve in the war. “I can’t believe this. Everybody went out of their way ...

96-year-old WWII veteran from NYC gets surprise from neighbors on Veterans Day

When one stops to consider just how long ago World War II was, it’s almost baffling to think that there are still men and women out there who lived through it; who fought in the ...

Lawrence Brooks, the nation’s oldest WWII veteran, celebrates his 112th birthday

Lawrence Brooks, the nation’s oldest WWII veteran, celebrated a birthday this weekend, and a big one at that. Brooks turned 112 years old. The 112-year-old celebrated New Orleans style with a car parade, live music, ...

Joe Biden’s first words after second plane hit the World rade Center on 9/11 come to light

There’s barely an American alive who was around on 9/11 and doesn’t remember what they were doing on that fateful day. The sheer magnitude of the devastation wrought by the terrorist attacks means they’ll never ...

John Wayne never served in WWII – and here’s why

A great American actor and a cultural icon. John Wayne embodied the image of the strong, quiet cowboy or soldier, and personified the idealized American values of his time. But his legacy is disputed, and ...

U.S. WWII veteran, 97, reunited with the Italian siblings he saved from the Nazis more than 70 years ago

At 97 years old Martin Adler still has nightmares from his time in the war. But the World War II veteran does have one treasured possession that reminds him of a happy moment during the ...

Veteran recreates WWII parachute jump to celebrate his 100th birthday

It was almost eight decades ago that Tom Rice parachuted into Normandy on D-Day during World War II. Now the war hero has celebrated his 100th birthday by parachuting again – but this time onto ...

Dad accused of killing his two young children says ‘he did it to save the world from monsters’

A California man charged with the murder of his 2-year-old son and 10-month-old daughter says he was “inspired by QAnon and Illuminati conspiracy theories,” according to court documents. Matthew Taylor Coleman took his two young ...