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WWII vet, 99, has now raised $7.4 million for hospitals by doing laps of his garden

The 99-year-old WWII veteran who challenged himself to raise £1,000 ($1,260) for the National Health Service (NHS) in England has managed to draw in a jaw-dropping £6 million ($7.4m) instead. According to incredible reports, Captain Tom ...

WWII veteran, 95, beats coronavirus: ‘I survived Guam, I can get through this bulls–t’

None of the heroes who fought for freedom during World War II should have to fade away in a retirement home or die alone. Now that the coronavirus is here, there’s a higher the risk that ...

WWII veteran, 93, dies from coronavirus alone in hospital as family was forced into quarantine

None of the heroes who fought for freedom during World War II should have to fade away in a retirement home or die alone. Unfortunately, this happens every year in our country. And now that the ...

98-year-old WWII hero survives coronavirus and goes home in same week – let’s hear it for him

A 98-year-old WWII hero is thought to be the oldest person in the UK to have recovered from coronavirus, having tested positive for it a week ago. According to the Daily Mirror, Jack Bowden, who ...

Texas WWII veteran asks for 100 digital birthday wishes for his 100th birthday

We are the last generation to know our World War II veterans and the sacrifices they gave for our freedom. I’ve had a few veterans and POWs sit and tell me about their experiences during ...

Anne Robson, believed to be Scotland’s oldest living WWII female veteran, dies at 108

World War II changed the course of history, and to this day we owe our gratitude to the people who fought for freedom all those decades ago. We’re lucky to still have veterans of the ...

Bride-to-be makes wedding dress from WWII veteran’s parachute that saved his life

Claude proposed to Ruth by asking if she'd make a dress out of his parachute.

Missing WWII submarine discovered off the coast of Japan

“It was almost like he was here because we talked about him a lot,” Aggie Cox Cooper told WSPA. Aggie was only 26 days old when her mother received word that the submarine, the USS ...

WWII pilot and retired colonel celebrates 100th birthday – let’s hear it for him

People who walk by him in the street might not know it, but Jack Koser is a true hero. Way back in 1940, Jack enlisted in the Army Air Corps, going on to fly 23 ...

Happy Birthday, Ruth! One of the last living female WWII veterans celebrates a milestone birthday

When she was just 11 years old, Ruth, whose nickname is Buttercup, came to the United States from Denmark with her family. According to KSAT, the entire voyage took 10 days. The year was 1926. ...