World War II

...of Jewish forced laborers in Austria in 1945. No trial date set. October 2009: Heinrich Boere, 87, goes on trial charged with the World War II murders of three men in the Netherlands when he was a member of a Waffen SS death squad. Trial...

In this article: Friedrich Engel, Germany, and German Army

A World War II fighter plane that crashed into an icy Lake Michigan during a training flight almost 65 years ago will be hauled back up to the surface early next week, a salvage expert who found the wreckage said today. The F6F-3 Hellcat...

In this article: Lake Michigan, Chicago, Army Corps of Engineers, and Atlanta, Ga.

...Dead of WWII Rest in Peace Digging for human bones: Erwin Kowalke's job is to find some of the thousands of soldiers who died during World War II, identify them and then accord them a proper burial. During battles at the end of World War...

In this article: Berlin, Germany, Potato, and Battle of Halbe

Sitting in a freezing cold cockpit at altitudes of more than 30,000ft for hours at a time with anti-aircraft shells often targeted at them, wartime aerial photography pilots risked death every time they took off on a secret reconnaissance...

In this article: World War 2, Royal Air Force, and Germany

...Preservation Program now offers a publication outlining the history of Arkansas sites that helped the battle against the Axis forces in World War II. Arkansas Historic Preservation Program Director Frances McSwain said the publication, We...

In this article: Arkansas, All rights reserved, and Associated Press

Alejandro R. Ruiz Sr., 85, an Army infantryman in World War II who received the Medal of Honor for single-handedly storming a Japanese machine gun bunker - twice - during the Battle of Okinawa, died Nov. 23 at a hospital in Napa, Calif. He...

In this article: Alejandro Renteria Ruiz, Medal of Honor, California, Harry S. Truman, Napa, Cattle, M1 Garand, and Battle of Okinawa

...frail from living on about 700 calories a day or less, weaved toward roll call as she had for years to bow before Japanese officers during World War II. Her mother, down to about 80 pounds after surviving off pigweed, walked clumsily beside...

In this article: Oklahoma, Cancer, Nichols Hills, Manila, Philippines, Pumpkin pie, and Silver

Concentrations of greenhouse gases, the major cause of global warming, are at their highest levels since the Second World War and still climbing, the UN has warned. Published: 7:09PM GMT 23 Nov 2009 The UN's World Meteorological...

In this article: WMO, Methane, Carbon dioxide, Second World War, UN, Global warming, Copenhagen, Barack Obama, and Cattle

...things that add value, he says. Because of that, he said O'Mara's items would bring probably $300-$500 at auction. "We have a lot of World War II collectors in Michigan," he says. "This would probably do well." It will stay in the family,...

In this article: Japan and Michigan