Decorated Tuskegee fighter pilot from Queens dies at 100
Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., credited with taking down three Nazi planes in one fight while flying with the Tuskegee ...
These Robots Are Recovering Dumped Explosives From the Baltic Sea
In the face of seabeds becoming valuable real estate and corroding bombs polluting the oceans, teams are turning to ...
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One of the last remaining Tuskegee World War II veterans dies at 100
Harry Stewart Jr. was one of the legendary flying corps’ most decorated pilots during the WWII, having claimed three Nazi ...
Underwater robots are clearing the German coast of dangerous explosives from WWII
Throughout September and October 2024, environmental teams deployed advanced underwater vehicles equipped with cameras, powerful lights, and sensors to hunt for submerged explosives from nearly eight ...
Tuskegee airman who notched three air-to-air victories in one day dies at 100
Harry Stewart Jr. recorded three victories in one day and won the first-ever 'Top Gun' contest for military pilots.
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80th anniversary of the banality of evil
Last week was the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945 when the true horror of the Nazi crimes against the Jewish people was exposed as the Soviet Red army swept ...
The U.S. has tried to buy Greenland before. Here’s how those past attempts went.
From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.
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Somerville airman killed in WWII officially accounted for nearly 80 years after plane shot down over Germany
Lord was 28 and served as a gunner aboard an A-26B “Invader” on a bombing mission to Dülmen, Germany, in March 1945 when it was ... the European Theater. In 1949, investigators visited ...
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Germany’s Reckoning With the Past Is No Longer a Model
After over fifteen months, the war in Palestine has finally reached at least an initial pause — hopefully followed by a ...
Lehigh Valley veteran, one of last survivors who stormed the beaches on D-Day, dies at 102
World War II veteran Dick Schermerhorn, who cleared mines on a Normandy beach during the D-Day assault, died Tuesday. At 102, ...
These books circulated at Brandeis for decades. A trove of Holocaust history was hidden in the pages.
As the final generation of Holocaust survivors passes on, the books will remain as "material survivors, as witnesses." ...
Column: US friends and foes buckle up for new ‘America first’ era
Less than 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, new Secretary of State Marco Rubio met ...