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Mitch McConnell · TexasMitch McConnell, the Minority leader of the U.S. Senate, made an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday morning. During the interview with host Kristen Welker, McConnell discussed various topics including the Biden administration, aid to Ukraine, and Donald Trump. During a recent meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Senator McConnell expressed his dissatisfaction with the Biden administration’s handling of aid and U.S. f…See the Story
Mitch McConnell asserts that the challenges we currently face are more difficult than those encountered during World War II
World War II · BirminghamMany in Royal Oak are remembering resident Cliff Alvira, who survived the D-Day landing in World War II, but seldom spoke of the carnage he saw as an 18-year-old U.S. Navy seaman in a landing craft when Allied forces hit Omaha Beach in France. One thing that caught Alvira’s eye that day in 1944 was a dog running loose and scared on Omaha Beach when he landed amid the deadly mayhem. In recent years, he told some people how he and the dog helped …See the Story
Royal Oak WWII vet who survived D-Day landing dies at 99
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World War II · ChicagoBOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Harold Terens and his fiancée Jeanne Swerlin kissed and held hands like high school sweethearts as they discussed their upcoming wedding in France, a country the World War II veteran first visited as a 20-year-old U.S. Army Air Forces corporal shortly after D-Day. Terens, a gregarious and energetic 100-year-old, will be honored in June by the French as part of the 80th anniversary celebration of their country’s liberation…See the Story
WWII veteran to marry fiancée in France 80 years after D-Day
Education · IllinoisMen and women in service have many needs, including recreation and education. For thousands of American troops in World War II, the Victory Book Campaign covered both.Though forgotten today, the campaign was a wildly successful national program to collect and distribute reading material to the armed forces.Millions of books, including many from Illinois, were enjoyed by the troops, providing a welcome respite from the drudgery and stress of dail…See the Story
Historic Highlights: Victory Book Campaign brought reading to WWII troops
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World War II · RomaniaNine Germans are on trial today, accused of trying to overthrow Germany's legitimate government in order to replace it with an authoritarian monarchy that would have been led by a "pseudo-aristocratic" businessman, The Guardian reported.See the Story
Germany's largest high-profile treason trial since World War II: "Reichsburger" puppets on trial
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World War II · BonnA bomb from the Second World War has been found at the Bonner Hardtbergbad during survey work. This is reported by the fire department, the police and the city of Bonn. Currently, there is talk of a security radius of 500 meters, from which potential residents would have to be removed.See the Story
