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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…

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
— 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….
Metamora American Legion finds a home for WW II exhibit
— February 28, 2018

For everyone involved, the demolition of the American Legion Fred Herring Post 89 in Metamora was a sad situation. A portion of its past, however, has been salvaged and sheltered…
Love, respect for Illinois veterans as they take Honor Flight
— September 20, 2017

When Frank Burch returned from military service in Vietnam in 1971 he was greeted by a hug from his father and protests by anti-war activists. “I flew into Lambert Field in St. Louis,…

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…
‘Mollie’s War’ a women’s journey of service in World War II
— March 22, 2018

Somewhere in England. Somewhere in France. When Mollie Weinstein wrote home during World War II her letters, mostly lighthearted narratives of dating and sightseeing, usually arrived…
SIUE receives extensive set of World War II news scrapbooks
— December 15, 2017

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Library and Information Services (LIS) has accepted the donation of a unique, extensive set of family scrapbooks dating from the 1940s…