Remains of soldier who died in WWII Japanese POW camp ID’d
December 5, 2022 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Experts have identified the remains of a soldier from Massachusetts who died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in the the Philippines during World War II, the military said on Monday.
Remains of WWII POW from Massachusetts accounted for
December 2, 2022 GMTBOSTON (AP) — An American service member who survived the notorious Bataan Death March during World War II but later died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp has finally been accounted for, military officials announced Friday.
Last of Mexico’s World War II veterans dies at age 98
December 1, 2022 GMTMEXICO CITY (AP) — The last veteran of Mexico’s relatively small contingent of World War II veterans has died, Mexico’s Defense Department announced Thursday.
The department said former Sgt. Horacio Castilleja Albarrán was 98 when he died Wednesday.
Report: No altitude advice before Dallas air show crash
December 1, 2022 GMTDALLAS (AP) — Just before a midair collision that killed six at a Dallas air show, a group of historic fighter planes was told to fly ahead of a formation of bombers without any prior plan for coordinating altitude, according to a federal report released Wednesday.
US Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi Miyamura dies at 97
November 30, 2022 GMTPHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) — Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura, the son of Japanese immigrants who was awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for holding off an attack to allow an American squad to withdraw during the Korean War, has died.
Soldier killed in WWII to be buried in home state of WVa
November 23, 2022 GMTCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia soldier killed during World War II has been accounted for, the military said.
Army Cpl. Joseph H. Gunnoe, 21, of Charleston, was reported missing in action in November 1944 in Germany.
Robert Clary, last of the ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ stars, dies at 96
November 17, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Clary, a French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II who played a feisty prisoner of war in the improbable 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died.
Deadly missile strike adds to Ukraine war fears in Poland
November 17, 2022 GMTPRZEWODOW, Poland (AP) — Since the invasion of Ukraine more than eight months ago, Poland has aided the neighboring country and millions of its refugees — both to ease their suffering and to help guard against the war spilling into the rest of Europe.
Remains of World War II soldier from Pennsylvania identified
November 15, 2022 GMTSCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Authorities identified the remains of a World War II soldier from Pennsylvania who was killed during an ambush in France in 1945, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said.
Scientists used DNA, dental and anthropological analysis to determine unidentified remains buried in Belgium were Army Pfc.
Experts: Dallas air show crash may lead to more safety rules
November 14, 2022 GMTWhile the cause of a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show to commemorate Veterans Day remains unknown, experts said Monday that the accident will likely renew discussion over whether additional safety rules are needed for such events.
Investigation underway over midair crash at Dallas air show
November 14, 2022 GMTDALLAS (AP) — A national transportation official probing the cause of a midair crash of two historic military planes during an air show that left six people dead said Sunday that one of the key questions for investigators is why the aircraft were seemingly sharing the same space just before impact.
Today in History: November 12, Stalin takes control
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Missing WWII medals found in abandoned safe-deposit box
November 7, 2022 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Four missing World War II military medals found in a Tennessee safe-deposit box have been returned to the soldier's family.
The Tennessee Department of Treasury Division of Unclaimed Property located Joseph R.
Hundreds of anti-fascists march in Mussolini’s birthplace
October 28, 2022 GMTPREDAPPIO, Italy (AP) — About 1,000 anti-fascists celebrated the anniversary of the 1944 liberation of Benito Mussolini’s birthplace Friday, as scattered fascist nostalgics quietly marked the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome that brought the Italian dictator to power in a bloodless coup.
Items from WWII Gross-Rosen camp mass grave go to its museum
October 28, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Some 700 daily-use objects from a mass grave found at the World War II Gross-Rosen Nazi German death camp were symbolically handed Friday to the camp’s museum in Poland.
The objects were found buried together with the remains of 92 men in an anti-aircraft ditch used as a mass grave.
Today in History: October 23, Beirut bombing kills Marines
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Italy’s Meloni steeped herself in far-right ideology as teen
October 21, 2022 GMTROME (AP) — Her heart steeped in far-right tenets, as a young teen Giorgia Meloni embarked on an ideological quest that has propelled her — 30 years later — to the height of government power.
Mainer killed in WWII to be buried on Veterans Day
October 21, 2022 GMTAVON, Maine (AP) — The remains of a Maine man killed in World War II when his bomber was shot down will be buried on Veterans Day.
Army Air Forces Sgt. Zelwood A. Gravlin, of New Vineyard, was a gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber that was shot down in 1943 during Operation Tidal Wave, which targeted oil refineries in Romania.
With far-right leaders, Italy remembers WWII roundup of Jews
October 16, 2022 GMTROME (AP) — Italy’s far-right political leadership marked the 79th anniversary of the World War II roundup of Rome’s Jews on Sunday with calls for such horror to never occur again, messages that took on greater significance following a national election won by a party with neo-fascist roots.
German minister tells Poland no chance for WWII reparations
October 4, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister told her Polish counterpart Tuesday there will be no more World War II reparations because Berlin considers the matter is closed.
Annalena Baerbock directly addressed Poland’s Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau at a news conference in Warsaw following their talks on subjects that included Poland's request for reparations.
Poland demands $1.3 trillion in war damages from Germany
October 3, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister on Monday signed an official note to Germany requesting the payment of about $1.3 trillion in reparations for the damage incurred by occupying Nazi Germans during World War II.
Friend or foe? Japan-China ties complicated after 50 years
September 29, 2022 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two Asian countries normalized relations as part of the process that brought Communist China into the international fold.
Schwarzenegger visits Auschwitz in message against hatred
September 28, 2022 GMTOSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Film icon Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the site of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp on Wednesday, meeting a Holocaust survivor and the son of Holocaust survivors and saying it is time to “terminate” hatred.
Abe’s militaristic funeral captures Japan’s tense mood
September 28, 2022 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The leadup to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's controversial state funeral could seem like a never-ending exchange of heated words — both for and against. But it was the images of Tuesday’s ceremony that most clearly told the story of a nation still deeply divided over the legacy of perhaps the most polarizing leader in its modern history.
WWII soldier from Tennessee to be buried in Washington
September 26, 2022 GMTMARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee native who died during World War II will be buried this week in Washington state, the Army said.
Tech. Sgt. Ross H. Thompson died Dec. 10, 1942, at age 50. He was reported captured with thousands of U.S.
Politics impede long-advocated growth of UN Security Council
September 26, 2022 GMTUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Virtually everyone involved agrees: Almost eight decades after it came into existence, the powerful U.N. Security Council needs to expand, to evolve, to include more voices. But as with so many things, the central question — and the biggest disagreement — is exactly how.
‘Crucial’ vote could move Italy to right; many might boycott
September 23, 2022 GMTROME (AP) — Italians will vote on Sunday in what is being billed as a crucial election as Europe reels from the repercussions of Russia's war in Ukraine.
San Diego apologizes for support of WWII detention camps
September 21, 2022 GMTSAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego City Council rescinded a resolution it passed 80 years ago in support of the incarceration of Japanese Americans in prison camps during World War II.
During a meeting Tuesday, council members called the camps and the 1942 resolution supporting them racist and unjust.
Review: A war story, ‘Mosquito Bowl’ defines courage, duty
September 19, 2022 GMT“The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II,” by Buzz Bissinger (Harper)
U.S. Marines training for the invasion of the Japanese island of Okinawa didn't know they would face the bloodiest fighting in the Pacific theater of World War II.
Sailor who died at Pearl Harbor to be buried at Arlington
September 18, 2022 GMTThe remains of a sailor from Massachusetts who died when the USS Oklahoma was struck by multiple torpedoes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 are being buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.
Queen’s death is reminder of disappearing WWII generation
September 17, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — The long goodbye for Queen Elizabeth II is a reminder of a broader truth playing out with little fanfare across Britain: The nation is bidding farewell to the men and women who fought the country’s battles during World War II.
Queen’s death is reminder of disappearing WWII generation
September 16, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — The long goodbye for Queen Elizabeth II is a reminder of a broader truth playing out with little fanfare across Britain: The nation is bidding farewell to the men and women who fought the country’s battles during World War II.
Stories of UK’s disappearing World War II generation
September 16, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — The death of Queen Elizabeth II is a reminder that the World War II generation is aging. Like the queen, even the youngest veterans of the war are now nearing their 100th birthdays, and a steady stream of obituaries tells the story of a disappearing generation.
Poland wants Russia to return paintings looted during WWII
September 14, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland will formally ask Russia to return seven paintings now in a leading Moscow museum that were looted during World War II by the Soviet Red Army, the Polish culture minister said Wednesday.
Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor is laid to rest, at last
September 13, 2022 GMTCHICAGO (AP) — A 21-year-old sailor was laid to rest Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II.
Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne
September 8, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability in a turbulent era that saw the decline of the British empire and disarray in her own family, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne.
Today in History: September 8, Ford pardons Nixon
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Israeli president evokes horrors, ties at German parliament
September 6, 2022 GMTBERLIN (AP) — Israel's president addressed Germany's parliament on Tuesday about atrocities committed during the Third Reich, while at the same time praising the close and friendly relations that have emerged between the two countries since the end of the Holocaust.
Gorbachev remembered fondly in Germany for enabling unity
September 1, 2022 GMTBERLIN (AP) — Mikhail Gorbachev was enduringly popular in Germany for enabling the country's reunification after four decades of post-World War II division — and setting the scene for the peaceful collapse of communism that made it possible.
Poland demands $1.3 trillion war reparations from Germany
September 1, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top politician said Thursday that the government will seek equivalent of some $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany for the Nazis’ World War II invasion and occupation of his country.
Military identifies remains of WWII Army soldier from Ohio
September 1, 2022 GMTRUTLAND, Ohio (AP) — The remains of a soldier from Ohio who was killed in World War II have now been positively identified, according to Defense Department officials.
Army Pfc. Worley D. Jacks, 21, of Rutland, was assigned to Company L, 232nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, or DPAA.
History’s bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms
September 1, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — One stood for freedom, openness, peace and closer ties with the outside world. The other is jailing critics, muzzling journalists, pushing his country deeper into isolation and waging Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II.
Today in History: September 1, Titanic wreckage is found
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4 families sue US over Navy fuel-tainted Hawaii tap water
August 31, 2022 GMTHONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy “harbored toxic secrets” when jet fuel contaminated drinking water for 93,000 military members and civilians in Hawaii, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday from four families who say they're still suffering from seizures, gastrointestinal disorders and neurological issues.
Deal reached to address 2 leaking nuke waste tanks
August 25, 2022 GMTSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A deal to address two nuclear waste storage tanks that are leaking radioactive materials into the soil in Washington state was reached Thursday between the state and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Poland says grave with WWII soldiers is destroyed by Belarus
August 25, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's government alleged Thursday that authorities in neighboring Belarus were leveling a memorial site containing the graves of Polish resistance fighters who died battling Soviet soldiers during World War II.
Poland begins to dismantle Soviet-era monument
August 24, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland on Wednesday began demolishing a Soviet-era memorial to Red Army soldiers, an unwanted reminder of the power that Moscow once held over Poland and a symbol that grew even more objectionable after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of ‘Das Boot,’ dies
August 16, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died.
S Korea offers North economic benefits for denuclearization
August 15, 2022 GMTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol offered “audacious” economic assistance to North Korea on Monday if it abandons its nuclear weapons program, while avoiding harsh criticism of the North days after it threatened “deadly” retaliation over a COVID-19 outbreak it blames on the South.
Japan marks WWII’s end, Kishida doesn’t mention aggression
August 15, 2022 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida renewed Japan's no-war pledge at a somber ceremony Monday as his country marked the 77th anniversary of its World War II defeat, but he did not mention Japanese wartime aggression.
Today in History: August 15, Woodstock opens
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80 years later, Navajo Code Talker marks group’s early days
August 14, 2022 GMTPHOENIX (AP) — It’s been 80 years since the first Navajo Code Talkers joined the Marines, transmitting messages using a code based on their then-unwritten native language to confound Japanese military cryptologists during World War II — and Thomas H.
Today in History: August 10, Ruth Bader Ginsburg sworn in
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Man killed at Pearl Harbor was Navy sailor from California
August 8, 2022 GMTVENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Remains of a man killed in the attack at Pearl Harbor have been identified as a Navy sailor from Southern California.
Shipfitter 2nd class Claude Ralph Garcia was 25 years old on Dec.
Polish Auschwitz survivor, novelist Zofia Posmysz dies at 98
August 8, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Zofia Posmysz, a Polish World War II-era resistance fighter who survived the Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camps and later became a journalist and novelist, has died at 98.
Today in History: August 8, Nixon announces his resignation
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Remains of WWII solider identified as North Carolina man
August 7, 2022 GMTGREEN HILL, N.C. (AP) — DNA, dental and other analyses have confirmed the identity of remains buried in Belgium as a 27-year-old World War II soldier from North Carolina who died during battle in a German forest.
Hitler’s watch sells at Maryland auction for $1.1 million
August 7, 2022 GMTCHESAPEAKE CITY, Md. (AP) — A Maryland auction house has sold a wristwatch that once belonged to Adolf Hitler for $1.1 million.
Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City had estimated the value between $2 and $4 million, describing the watch as a “World War II relic of historic proportions.”
UN chief going to Hiroshima for 77th anniversary of A-bomb
August 2, 2022 GMTUNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Monday he will attend the 77th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing in Hiroshima, “at a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War.”
Japan’s push for UNESCO to list divisive gold mine delayed
July 28, 2022 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Japan's push to obtain UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a former gold mine key to the nation's industrialization will be delayed because its application was insufficient, officials said Thursday.
Explorers find WWII Navy ship, deepest wreck discovered
July 27, 2022 GMTMANILA, Philippines (AP) — A U.S. Navy destroyer escort that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of World War II in the Philippines has become the deepest wreck to be discovered, according to explorers.
102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit honored
July 26, 2022 GMTMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Millions of letters and packages sent to U.S. troops had accumulated in warehouses in Europe by the time Allied troops were pushing toward the heart of Hitler’s Germany near the end of World War II.
Hundreds of firefighters battle blazes in Germany, Czechia
July 26, 2022 GMTPRAGUE (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters were battling wildfires in eastern Germany and neighboring Czechia on Tuesday as tourist regions and residential areas were being evacuated.
A large wildfire was spreading quickly in the eastern German state of Brandenburg in a region with lots of bone-dry pine forests where firefighters have to be especially careful because of old World War II ammunition that’s still buried there, German news agency dpa reported.
Today in History: July 22, Senate rejects court-packing plan
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Japan, South Korea foreign ministers agree to improve ties
July 18, 2022 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan reaffirmed Monday the importance of bilateral ties and the three-way relationship with the United States as they renewed efforts to mend relations amid the war in Ukraine and other global tensions.
Remains of World War II Marine to be buried in Nashville
July 17, 2022 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Remains of a U.S. Marine who was wounded on the Pacific Ocean island of Saipan during World War II have been identified and they will be buried in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, officials said.
Today in History: July 17, Disneyland’s opening day
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Ashes of 8,000 WWII victims found in two Poland mass graves
July 14, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Special investigators in Poland say they have found two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Poles slain by the Nazi during World War II in forest executions that the Nazis later tried to hide by incinerating the bodies and planting trees on the burial pits.
Prosecutors investigate explosive placed in central Warsaw
July 12, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland's capital questioned witnesses and gathered evidence Tuesday after a 31-year-old man allegedly placed what police have described as a projectile in a busy downtown area of Warsaw.
Poland marks WWII-era massacre by Ukrainian nationalists
July 11, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s leaders marked the anniversary of the World War II-era Ukrainian massacre of Poles Monday by stressing that only the full truth about the neighborly violence that Poland describes as genocide can strengthen and serve bilateral ties in the future.
Joseph Goulet, D-Day veteran, dies on Fourth of July at 99
July 9, 2022 GMTPORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Joseph Raymond Goulet, a veteran who landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on D-Day, has died.
The New Hampshire resident died on July 4. He was 99.
Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to parents who emigrated from Canada, Goulet voluntarily enlisted in the U.S.
Shinzo Abe, powerful former Japan PM, leaves divided legacy
July 8, 2022 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Shinzo Abe was a political blueblood groomed for power. Japan's longest serving prime minister, he was also perhaps the most polarizing, complex politician in recent Japanese history.
Bradford Freeman, last “Band of Brothers” survivor has died
July 6, 2022 GMTCALEDONIA, Miss. (AP) — Bradford Freeman, the last survivor of the famed Army unit featured in the World War II oral history book and miniseries “Band of Brothers” has died at the age of 97.
Freeman died Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital–Golden Triangle, according to Lowndes Funeral Home in Columbus, Mississippi.
Military identifies WWII Army Air Force soldier from Ohio
July 5, 2022 GMTSTEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The remains of an Army Air Force sergeant from Ohio who died after he was sent to a prisoner of war camp during World War II have now been positively identified, Defense Department officials announced Tuesday.
WWII Medal of Honor recipient to lie in honor at US Capitol
July 3, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday.
Navy report: Multiple errors poisoned Pearl Harbor water
July 1, 2022 GMTPEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Navy investigation released Thursday revealed that shoddy management and human error caused fuel to leak into Pearl Harbor's tap water last year, poisoning thousands of people and forcing military families to evacuate their homes for hotels.
Last remaining WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies at 98
June 29, 2022 GMTCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, whose heroics under fire over several crucial hours at the Battle of Iwo Jima made him a legend in his native West Virginia, died Wednesday.
NATO deems Russia its ‘most significant and direct threat’
June 29, 2022 GMTMADRID (AP) — NATO declared Russia the “most significant and direct threat” to its members’ peace and security on Wednesday and vowed to strengthen support for Ukraine, even as that country's leader chided the alliance for not doing more to help it defeat Moscow.
Today in History: June 25, Anne Frank’s diary published
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Auschwitz Museum says it’s a target of Russian propaganda
June 24, 2022 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Auschwitz-Birkenau museum alleged Friday that it was the target of “primitive" propaganda spread by Russian state agencies on social media.
The museum said that social media posts falsely claim to show anti-Russian stickers placed around the memorial at the former site of the Auschwitz death camp site in southern Poland, an area under German occupation during World War II.