The World War II bomber parked near a Chicago area airport runway looked like it just flew straight out of 1944. But the olive-toned aircraft’s assignments July 15 weren’t targeting…
My friend Jimmy Warner was less than five feet tall, had only one eye, scant education and no money in the bank. But he was a great American. Jimmy served in the World War II Navy,…
EUREKA Author speaks on book ‘Night Witches of WWII’ Canton author Brooks Carver will be at the Eureka Public Library, 202 S. Main, at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12 to talk about…
Vladimir Rott survived the Stalinist persecutions in the Soviet Union, and the Nazi invasion during World War II. His incredible life’s journey will be the subject of the talk “Surviving…
Washington, Illinois, resident Mary Kerr said the war caused everyone to sacrifice. “When we went into Iraq in 2001, there was no difference in my life because we went to war….
Jack Coombe, one of the last American survivors of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, and one of Northbrook’s first citizens, died Oct. 9. Coombe was 97. Coombe had a long history in…
Seventy-five years ago June 6, the largest amphibious landing ever attempted in history took place on the blood-soaked beaches of Normandy, France. About 160,000 Allied troops waded…
Paul Walton is happy that his father, one of the oldest surviving World War II veterans, is doing a little to bring America back together. Sidney Walton’s “No Regrets Tour,” which…
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