Luck is something that served Stewart Boone well in World War II as he fought off German troops in Belgium while the Battle of the Bulge was in full swing. That luck shows up in a black and white ...
WATERLOO -- A quilt speaks volumes. With each careful stitch, the quilter pieces together a story, and the thread connects each quilter to another across generations, genders and borders. Visitors to ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Veterans come in all shapes and sizes. Some are young, just home from war and looking to the future. Some are much older, and their number is declining: the veterans of ...
When Dorothy Lehman was called home from a friend’s house on Dec. 7, 1941, the then-13-year-old Pottsville girl could not have imagined she was on the cusp of history. “My parents and grandparents ...
NASHUA – As World War II grows farther away, an upcoming exhibit is bringing to life stories of Nashuans who experienced the conflict on June 14 at the Nashua Historical Society. Combining artifacts, ...
The spring season of “Wednesdays @ One” events concludes May 1 when author, investigative journalist and educator Jerome M. O’Connor sheds light on how Americans on the homefront helped win World War ...
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On the run-up to Christmas in 1944, the Tribune published a recipe for fruit-candy gifts, above which was a list that, at this distance, seems encrypted. “Sugar stamps 30 through 34 [book 4], 5 lbs ...
SAN DIEGO — World War II ended 75 years ago and the veterans of that war are now in their nineties or older. But that’s not stopping them from reaching out, via Zoom, to school children in San Diego.