Uss Missouri

Memories of World War II From Men Who Fought in the Pacific

Pat LaMarche | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: USS Missouri, Earthquake, Kamikaze, USS St.Louis, Surrender, Japanese, World War II, US Navy, Politics News
Pat LaMarche

The fast acting Captain who turned the Missouri and saved Joe's life could not have done so if there hadn't been an officer on board who could recognize at an instant that the planes coming fast and low belonged to the enemy.

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Our Continuing Loss of World War II Heroes

Pat LaMarche | Posted 06.14.2011

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Pat LaMarche

Joe and Bud live just about twelve miles apart but they've never met. That might not be a big surprise if they weren't among a vanishing breed of surviving U.S. WW II veterans.

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Veteran Frank Borrell's Final Wish Comes True Thanks To Dream Foundation

Posted 05.25.2011

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Veteran Frank Borrell was lucky enough to re-visit the USS Missouri, the ship he once worked on as a young sailor during WWII. At 94 years old, Borrel...

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Astoria Characters: The Veteran Bookseller

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Devil Wears Prada, Kamikaze, Dag Hamarskjold, Subway, Eleanor Roosevelt, New Yrok News, USS Missouri, Calendar Girls, Bookstore, Toyko Bay, We the Living, Jonathan Kellerman, Nagasaki, Astoria, Ayn Rand, Harry Fiegelson, Faye Kellerman, Ditmars Boulevard, Atomic Bomb, World War II, Yokosuka, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

There's no bookstore in the Ditmars section of Astoria. We don't need one. Harry puts the words out on the street -- his bookstand has been in the same spot for nearly a quarter century.

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