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Attorney Brian Cuban, brother of Dallas Mavericks team owner Mark Cuban, has been trying since last year to have the pages of groups with such names as "Holocaust: A Series of Lies," and "Holocaust is a Holohoax" removed from Facebook.Attorney Brian Cuban, brother of Dallas Mavericks team owner Mark Cuban, has been... more
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A World War II naval dive bomber was recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan today, 65 years after it crashed on a training mission off Waukegan.
It's known that the pilot survived, but it's not clear which aircraft this is, because definitive identification numbers can't be found on the plane.
Nevertheless a marine salvage company in Illinios, A&T, working with a naval aviation museum, found the aircraft using sidescan sonar in 315 feet of water, 27 miles out from Waukegan.
The plane was lifted from the bottom Thursday using an airbag and towed underwater into Waukegan Harbor this morning, where the j ob was completed.
At 10:15 a.m. a Larsen marine crane began lifting the aircraft from the water and for the next half hour slowly raised it as brown water and black mud poured out of it. At 10:46 a.m., the crane operator and handlers with ropes set the plane down on a blue tarpaulin.
The aircraft was lost during training operations during World War II when naval pilots were being trained out of Chicago's Navy Pier for takeoffs and landings on aircraft carriers.
This plane was one of nearly 100 that were lost during those exercises. About 40 of them have been recovered.
This morning, as the plane was lifted out of the water and gently angled toward touchdown on dry land, A&T diving engineer Keith Pearson looked at the plane with satisfaction. "This thing crashed and has been under water [a long time]. I think it looks pretty darn good, doesn't it?"A World War II naval dive bomber was recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan today,... more
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In their stifling heat, Tsuruji Akikusa suffered months of hunger and thirst. The bodies of dead comrades lay around him. His closest buddy blew himself up with a grenade rather than surrender.
Finally, Akikusa was the only one left alive in his cave.
In May 1945, he says, U.S. troops found him wounded, unconscious and dehydrated. Out of 21,000 Japanese defenders of Iwo Jima, only about 1,000 had survived.
Akikusa, now 81, relived those horrors this month when he stepped foot for the first time since the war on Iwo's black volcanic beaches, flown to the island for a U.S. Army-produced documentary on his life.
In their stifling heat, Tsuruji Akikusa suffered months of hunger and thirst. The... more
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About two years ago, National Park Service employees stumbled upon a fascinating and largely untold piece of American history.
It involves a secret World War II interrogation camp at Fort Hunt, Va., not far from the Pentagon. During and right after the war, thousands of top German prisoners were questioned there about troop movements and scientific advances.
Soldiers at the site also prepared special "care packages" for American POWs that they sent overseas. They included maps, radios and other escape tools.
Many of the camp's records were destroyed right after the war, and those who worked there were sworn to secrecy. Many veterans never spoke about it, even to family and friends, although the operation has been gradually declassified over the past two decades.
The National Park Service, which now runs Fort Hunt Park, has been trying to piece together the story of the interrogation facility — code-named P.O. Box 1142 during the war....About two years ago, National Park Service employees stumbled upon a fascinating and... more
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WWII propaganda posters for the Homefront (not the Homeland) encouraged everyone to be part of the war effort. This was the time when the USA recycled more than any other moment in history, so far. It was an era when Victory Gardens produced up to 40% of the fresh vegetables people ate. Those were the days when we were all in it together and the government worked hard to make sure we knew it.
How different our attitudes are today. Could we approach our current problems that way today? Would some of the same solutions work?WWII propaganda posters for the Homefront (not the Homeland) encouraged everyone to be... more
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More than a hundred Norwegian soldiers fleeing head over heels from superior Soviet forces died in Karelia June 25, 1944. The Norwegian SS-Skijager Battalion was annihilated. DNA tests may now give answers about their fates to their relatives.
About 6.000 Norwegians volunteered to fight against the Soviet Union with the German occupiers during the Second World War. After the war, survivors were sent to prison for collaborating with the enemy. However, more than 700 died on the Eastern Front. According to author and former resistance fighter Svein Blindheim, the encounter at the Kaprolat and Hasselmann hills in Northern Karelia was the worst fighting seen by any Norwegian unit.More than a hundred Norwegian soldiers fleeing head over heels from superior Soviet... more
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A controversy over the "appropriateness" of an historic figure in a museum. Is it essential to display remnants of the past in order to learn, or treat these issues with secrecy and denial?A controversy over the "appropriateness" of an historic figure in a museum.... more
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A video showing two sides of a coin. One side the typical American family. The other, Japanese Americans being forced into camps during World War two. The video's voiceover is excerpts of the Constitution. I wanted to show how a pursuit of security sacrifices rights.A video showing two sides of a coin. One side the typical American family. The other,... more
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The Berlin city council has voted to raze historic Templehof airport. It's become an unwanted relic with its historic patina rubbed off. It will succumb to the wrecking ball and for me, that's a shame.The Berlin city council has voted to raze historic Templehof airport. It's become... more
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After parachuting into Europe during World War II, battling along a strip of road called Hell's Highway in the Netherlands and surviving the freezing woods of Bastogne surrounded by German troops, William Guarnere and Edward Heffron do not consider themselves heroes. Guarnere, 84, and Heffron, 84, are among the surviving members of the fabled Easy Company memorialized in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers", and they recently published a new book, "Brothers in Battle: Best of Friends".
The book began after the two were interviewed for a magazine article in 2001 when the miniseries aired. They hadn't talked to their families much about the war, but as some of the last remaining members of Easy Company Guarnere estimates about 23 are still alive they felt an obligation to tell their story.
The book is told through alternating voices, each man describing his childhood, the war and the years that followed.
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This life is bittersweet. I reccomend you see this, or, at least a few hours of it being that it's 14 hours long, and all.This life is bittersweet. I reccomend you see this, or, at least a few hours of it... more
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Directed by movie legend Frank Capra and written by...
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In this Universal Newsreel report from April 9, 1945, Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Nimitz sends an armada of 1,400 vessels to Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan.
This Current Flashback shows U.S. troops as they make their journey to Japan and 1,400 ships prepare attack with naval guns and rocket barrages, resulting in the civilian surrender.In this Universal Newsreel report from April 9, 1945, Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral... more
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In this Universal Newsreel from January 29, 1945, the allied forces of World War II close in on the Rhineland.
This Current Flashback shows us prisoners taken and pictures of wrecked equipment in Belgium, and offers a glimpse at the painful challenges that come with being a war soldier in the middle of winter.In this Universal Newsreel from January 29, 1945, the allied forces of World War II... more
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This Universal Newsreel from April 23, 1945, gives viewers a glimpse at life in the Wake of War in Germany.
This Current Flashback shows the Allies continue to pile up crushing defeats on the Nazis as they rush eastward from the Rhine. Footage takes us from the wreckage and riots in city streets to the liberation of concentration camp prisoners, including several U.S. soldiers.This Universal Newsreel from April 23, 1945, gives viewers a glimpse at life in the... more
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In this Universal Newsreel from April 5, 1945, the First Allied Airborne Army takes flight for the Westphalian plains of Germany.
This Current Flashback shows us thousands of chutes from the invasion as they float to the ground from twin side-door C-46 carriers. Shortly, Nazi troops are marched in as captives and this airborne invasion becomes one of the most successful in the history of warfare.In this Universal Newsreel from April 5, 1945, the First Allied Airborne Army takes... more
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