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Anna Mae Robertson, Member of WWII’s ‘Six Triple Eight’ Unit, Dies at 101
The unit of 855 Black women was celebrated for clearing a massive backlog of undelivered mail for American service members.
Cradle of Aviation exhibit features WWII-era Long Island factory workers
Working on the Homefront, 1942-45" exhibit features about 50 photographs of workers at Grumman, Sperry, Republic and Liberty.
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USS New Orleans lost its bow in WWII but kept fighting. Now the wreckage has been found.
The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled ...
Thousands gather in Srebrenica on 30th anniversary of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since WWII
Thousands of people from Bosnia and around the world are gathering in Srebrenica to mark the 30th anniversary of the massacre ...
How a Monopoly board helped World War II prisoners get out of jail free
In the book “Monopoly X,” Philip E. Orbanes tells the true story of how a doctored version of the classic board game was used ...
During WWII, thousands of Long Islanders built aircrafts—but many of their names were never recorded
Working on the Home Front, 1942–1945." exhibit features a collection of about 50 black-and-white photographs of wartime ...
Shipwreck fragment linked to one of WWII’s strangest rescue tales
During the Battle of Tassafaronga, the USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese torpedo that detonated its forward magazines, ...
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Was Joe Biden’s Uncle Really Shot Down in WWII?
Did Joe Biden’s uncle really go down in WWII, or is there more to the story? We break down what happened, using historical records and aviation reports.