A Greenville WWII captain was shot down, taken prisoner by Nazis. A memorial is planned in Germany.
Greenville native Miles Richard "Dick" League, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, fought in World War II. He was a prisoner of ...
On This Day: Hitler imprisoned for Beer Hall Putsch
Adolf Hitler was sent to prison for five years after failing to take over Germany by force in the unsuccessful "Beer Hall ...
'We are amazed': WW1 soldiers finally identified
British soldiers who died in World War One and were buried in unnamed graves have finally been identified. The remains of ...
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In WWII, the ‘Tokyo Express’ was tough to beat. One man changed that.
Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...
Kansas City hosted hundreds of Nazis and other enemy soldiers during WWII. Here’s why
What’s Your KCQ? looks back at the prisoner of war camps that were scattered across the KC region during World War II.
Miner who survived First World War found in his brother's arms months after pit disaster
George and Matthew Hetherington, who worked together in Montagu pit, in Newcastle's Scotswood area, both died on March 30, ...
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Grave of Lanarkshire soldier identified more than a century after his death
2nd Lieutenant Hugh Barr was one of three previously unknown soldiers whose graves were rededicated on Wednesday. The graves ...
Lanarkshire WW1 soldier 'proudly remembered' after grave identified a century after his death
Second Lieutenant Hugh Barr was one of three 'unknown' British soldiers of WW1 to finally be named at a poignant ceremony in ...
EK soldier's grave identified more than a century after his death
A Lanarkshire soldier who died in Belgium during the First World War is one of three previously unknown soldiers whose graves ...