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Tag: World War II

Flights on World War II bomber offer a taste of history

Flights on World War II bomber offer a taste of history

— July 24, 2021

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…

  • Leavitt: Remembering a great American in a season of drought

    Leavitt: Remembering a great American in a season of drought

    — October 16, 2019

    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,…

  • Woodford County news briefs

    Woodford County news briefs

    — September 4, 2019

    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…

  • Author who survived Stalin and the Nazis to speak at ISU

    Author who survived Stalin and the Nazis to speak at ISU

    — March 15, 2019

    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…

  • BICENTENNIAL 2018: World War II caused dramatic changes to Illinois’ way of life and economy

    BICENTENNIAL 2018: World War II caused dramatic changes to Illinois’ way of life and economy

    — May 24, 2018

    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, Pearl Harbor survivor, remembered as ‘wonderful, caring’

    Jack Coombe, Pearl Harbor survivor, remembered as ‘wonderful, caring’

    — October 15, 2019

    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…

  • McHenry Historical Society to host D-Day program

    McHenry Historical Society to host D-Day program

    — June 10, 2019

    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…

  • World War II veteran, 99, driven to tour country

    World War II veteran, 99, driven to tour country

    — July 8, 2018

    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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