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WWII Veteran and Grandson Retrace Journey Together Using Google Earth

Jarrod S. Chlapowski | Posted 05.24.2013 | Good News
Read More: Thomas Meehan, Pilsen, Memorial Day, Battle of the Bulge, France, Second World War, World War Two, Human Interest, GPS for the Soul, World News, Memorial Day 2013, Veterans, Matthew Meehan, Czechoslovakia, World War II Veterans, World War II, Rouen, Good News News
Jarrod S. Chlapowski

Though he may not be able to return to France, Matt is determined to include others in his family in his grandfather's legacy. "My father is coming down with me to France this Memorial Day," Matt confides.

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Germany's Band of Brothers

Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 06.03.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: History, Television, Nazi Germany, Holocaust, Poland, Second World War, Charles Bukowski, Germany, War, Austria, Entertainment News
Franz-Stefan Gady

The real genius of Our Mothers, Our Fathers is the subtle portrayal of this collective moral suicide.

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PHOTOS: Christmas In Seattle

Sandra Thomas | Posted 12.11.2012 | Travel
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Sandra Thomas

Here's where I admit that despite Seattle's easy access from Vancouver, I've never actually visited the city before. Now I know what I've been missing.

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Why This Doctor Is Inspired By World War II

Anthony A. Goodman | Posted 01.12.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Second World War, War, Veterans Day, Surgeons, Doctors, World War II Veterans, World War II, D-Day, Veterans Day 2012, Medicine, Fifty News
Anthony A. Goodman

One of the unique things about surgical practice during World War II was that this was a major turning point for advances that were destined to save thousands of our wounded both back then and for years to come.

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Revealing Family Secrets

Aby Sam Thomas | Posted 07.09.2012 | Religion
Read More: Second World War, Auschwitz, Italian Jews, Slidepollajax, Genocide, Holocaust Remembrance, Judaism, Holocaust, World War II, Slideexpand, Religion News
Aby Sam Thomas

"We are leaving for the concentration camp, maybe the one in Carpi, Modena. Once I get there, if it is possible, I will write to you. We are all fine, and full of courage."

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The First World War Explains Modern Conflict

O'Brien Browne | Posted 02.08.2012 | World
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O'Brien Browne

We live in the world created by the First World War. Emerging from this cataclysmic event damaged and transformed, we have never wholly recovered.

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How Railways Made Large-Scale War Possible

Christian Wolmar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Iraq War, Second World War, Warfare, World War 2, World War I, Railroads, Railways, World War Two, War, Trains, World War II, Train, Afghanistan War, Books News
Christian Wolmar

Railways changed the nature of warfare, and created the potential for prolonged and mass scale warfare.

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Rare And Never-Seen PHOTOS From The Liberation Of Paris

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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65 years ago today, the head of the German military garrison in Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, surrendered to Allied forces after a week of str...

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The Confederacy: Kill the Myth Once and For All

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Robert E. Lee, Appomattox, Civil War, Tenth Amendment, Second World War, Lincoln, Confederate History Month, George Pickett, Republican, Article VI, Stonewall Jackson, Nathan Forrest, Ulysses S. Grant, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Waving the American flag while fiercely defending the effort to tear that flag down is untenable. Make a choice; be a proud American or a proud Confederate. You cannot possibly be both.

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Failure is Not an Option For Europe

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Taxes, Turkey, Eurozone, Brussels, Central Bank, Second World War, Germany, Private Sector, Greece Debt, Angela Merkel, Currency, George Papandreou, Europe, Greece, Euro, World News
Georges Ugeux

The relationship between Germany and Greece has never been an easy one. Greece is not asking for money from Germany but rather its political support.

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That's Not "A Bingo!": UK Apologizes for Using Fake IDs During Inglourious Basterds Mission to Kill Nazi SS Chief

Martin Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Martin Lewis

The British Government has issued a profuse apology to the German and Slovakian governments that two of Britain's special operatives during World War II used fake IDs in their successful mission to assassinate a Nazi SS chief.

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Poland Marks 70th Anniversary Of Second World War

AP | RYAN LUCAS and DAVID RISING | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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GDANSK, Poland — On a wind-swept peninsula where shells lobbed from a German battleship ignited World War II 70 years ago, European leaders vowe...

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Japanese-Jew Doesn't "Oy Veh" So Much Since Obama

Francesca Biller | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Francesca Biller

Since Obama has become president, I feel comfortable as the multiracial shikseh that I am, and am engaging in thoughtful conversations about my heritage and background, without self-deprecation.

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When Soldiers Return From War

Norman Bussel | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Norman Bussel

Survivor guilt is a problem for many combat veterans returning from Iraq. It is rare for someone deployed there to complete a combat tour without losing a friend.

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Is it Time for "Job Bonds?"

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Hoyt Hilsman

As we face another global crisis, maybe it's time to invest in victory over the financial crisis with bonds to create jobs -- call them "job bonds."

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