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WWII In The News

Here are some recent headlines from the American press that focus on WWII topics:

Four WWII chaplains honored at Tucson ceremony

They gave their lives to save others nearly 70 years ago, but the fate of four service members killed in World War II are remembered in Tucson every year. A special ceremony Sunday at Kino Veterans Memorial Park honored the the four chaplains.

World War II vet recalls Normandy invasion

Mackool said he was 19 when he was dropped into Normandy during an operation in which 29,000 American soldiers lost their lives. ”What the hell is the matter with you, are you crazy?” he remembers thinking later of his decision to take on the hazardous business of parachuting.

Despite critics, a message

Critics have not been kind to Lucas’ World War II saga. They complain about the depth of the characters and the cliche-ridden dialogue. Most damning are the concerns that the movie doesn’t delve deeply enough into the battles against segregation that the airmen had to wage just to help defend their country in wartime.

Photo album rescued from trash a trove of WWII African American life

Just before Christmas, Deveta Johnson saw something in the trash in Norristown that looked like an old pile of grocery bags. She looked closer and found a tattered photo album with hundreds of World War II-era snapshots of African Americans, in wartime Europe and going about their daily lives in rowhouse Philadelphia.

Elkhorn World War II veteran, 91, gets Bronze Star 50 years later

A 91-year-old World War II veteran gets a Kindle reader for Christmas, reads a book his daughter has loaded into it and learns he is a Bronze Star recipient. That’s how Ken Quinlan, Elkhorn, found out 50 years had passed since the day the Army should have presented him with the medal. (Amazon should be calling soon to pitch the guy on starring in a commercial, right?)

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