WWII scholar brings D-Day discussions to MSU
Mississippi State will host military historian and author Stephen A. Bourque this week for a detailed discussion of his recent book, “Beyond the Beach,” highlighting the impacts of Allied bombings on French cities before and during the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.
Holocaust survivor advocates at MSU for speaking against injustice, caring for others
Inge Auerbacher was 7 when the Nazis forced her family to leave a small German village near Stuttgart for the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.
It was August of 1942, well into World War II, and her family had already abandoned their home village of Kippinheim to live with her grandparents.
Germans must leave home Christmas morning as WWII bomb is defused
More than 54,000 people in the southern German city of Augsburg must leave their homes Christmas morning while authorities defuse a giant 1.8-ton aerial bomb from World War II.
Crowd honors ‘gift of freedom’ from Pearl Harbor servicemen
Thousands of people observed a moment of silence before fighter jets streaked across the sky during a ceremony Wednesday at Pearl Harbor marking the 75th anniversary of the attack that plunged the United States into World War II and left more than 2,300 service people dead.
USS Arizona survivor heads to Pearl Harbor 75 years later
Lauren Bruner was getting ready for church in 1941 on his battleship, the USS Arizona, when the alarm sounded.
Survivor recalls fear, anger on day of Pearl Harbor attack
Surprise, fear, anger and pride overcame Jim Downing as Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor.
Children who lived through Japanese attack remember
In some ways, it could be any class photo from the 1940s.
Mechanic duo keeps World War II planes flying at Columbus-Lowndes airport
Wayne Patenaude has a soft spot for World War II airplanes.
Caledonia’s ‘Band of Brothers’ soldier set to receive France’s Legion of Honor
It took a while for Bradford Freeman to become famous.
Decades after death in WWII, a son of New Orleans comes home
More than seven decades after being killed during World War II, Pvt. Earl Joseph Keating is finally coming home to his native New Orleans after his remains were discovered on the Pacific island where he died in 1942.
World War II anniversary: For Lowndes native, cemetery contrasts with tumult of war
About two years ago, the “Travel” section of The New York Times included a list of things to see in Hawaii. One recommendation was “the U.S.S. Missouri, an American battleship.” The wording implied there’s nothing special about a battleship today and nothing unusual about the Missouri.
War correspondent’s family donates collection to museum
John R. Henry brought two duffle bags home from World War II. He locked them, put them in the attic and told his wife Margaret to never touch them.
U.S. survivors of WWII battle recall Saipan attack
Even after seven decades, Wilfred “Spike” Mailloux won’t talk about surviving a bloody World War II battle unless longtime friend John Sidur is by his side.
Memories of WWII remain vivid for Columbus veteran
Albert Glenn moves about his house with pace and intent; he seems young for an 88-year-old. In his home on Spivey Road, he moves deftly from room to room showing off his old Navy uniform and other war relics while reflecting on his service during World War II.
WWII reunions poignant for veterans
Paul Young rarely talked about his service during World War II — about the B-25 bomber he piloted, about his 57 missions, about the dangers he faced or the fears he overcame.
“Some things you just don’t talk about,” he said.
German authorities defuse huge World War II explosive
BERLIN — German authorities safely defused a huge bomb left over from World War II after evacuating large parts of the western city of Dortmund
Veterans pass barriers at closed WWII Memorial
WASHINGTON — Dozens of veterans barricaded outside the closed World War II Memorial because of the government shutdown were escorted past the barriers Tuesday by
Columbus resident to receive French Legion of Honor
On the 640-acre Alabama farm he grew up on, 16-year-old Joseph R. Johnson told his father he wanted to join the Army after World War II broke out.
Being underage, Johnson needed his father’s signature to go off to war. His father didn’t like that idea. Johnson persisted.
“We had a world to save,” he said last week. “If we left Hitler alone he would take over the world.”
WWII Marine’s diary: A brief look at a brief life
Before Cpl. Thomas “Cotton” Jones was killed by a Japanese sniper in the Central Pacific in 1944, he wrote what he called his “last life request” to anyone who might find his diary: Please give it to Laura Mae Davis, the girl he loved.
Postcard mailed during WWII arrives home
A postcard mailed nearly 70 years ago has finally arrived at the former upstate New York home of the couple who sent it.