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'I was talking to history.' World War II veteran and Berkshire Place resident recalls what is was like to storm the beaches of Normandy
At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...
LewistownSentinel.com1d
Local servicemen lost lives during WWII ship convoy
Feb. 3 is the 82nd anniversary of the sinking of the USAT Dorchester in the north Atlantic Ocean by a German U-boat. The ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency1d
Unique Yad Vashem exhibit and street naming highlight NYC’s commitment to remember the Holocaust
A unique Holocaust art exhibition opened this week in New York’s City Hall. In “The Wandering Jew,” a 1947 oil-and-canvas ...
The National Interest1d
Bielski Partisans: These WWII Jewish Resistance Embodied ‘Defiance’
The Bielski Partisans waged plenty of combat action against the Nazi scourge, much to the chagrin of the oppressors. January 27 was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and to commemorate that ...
He Survived 15 Months of War in Gaza, Then Died as Cease-Fire Neared
Fighting claimed lives until the final moments before the truce between Israel and Hamas took effect. For some, an unexpected ...
Transgender soldiers date to the Civil War
Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers ...
Military.com3d
The Army's Secret Program to Interrogate German POWs During World War II
From 1943 through 1946, more than 3,400 prisoners (including 15 Nazi generals) were processed at Fort Hunt, according to ...
PinkNews on MSN3d
Holocaust Memorial Day: How the Nazi pink triangle became a defiant symbol of LGBTQ+ rights
On Holocaust Memorial Day 2025, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, PinkNews takes a look at the ...