My grandma was handed a note after being liberated from Auschwitz — decades later, we were able to thank the kind stranger for giving her hope
For Forman, having Ebert’s story live on through the heartwarming book “means so much.” “To the world, she was this heroine, ...
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The secret US soldiers who trained for WWIII by free-falling with a NUKE between their legs
They were met by two mysterious men in black flight ... it was small enough to fit inside a rucksack. In his new book We Defy, about the lost chapters of Special Forces history, Jack Murphy ...
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To ‘understand the human condition,’ this anthropologist embedded with migrant smugglers
This week we speak with lifelong Angeleno Jason De Leon, whose book “Soldiers and Kings,” a harrowing ... For me, there were different moments in the book where Los Angeles would come up ...
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Confederate soldiers’ remains will be reburied next year
The remains of four Confederate soldiers, uncovered last year during ... who died in the hospital,” he added, “because we know many were buried nearby.” Although it has taken about 20 ...
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When the United States Tried to Get on Top of the Sex Trade
The women were patients ... Roosevelt declared that “as a nation we feel keen pride in the valor, discipline, and steadfast endurance of our soldiers, and hand in hand with these qualities ...
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‘When these women left home there were rumours that they were sent to Europe to be concubines for black soldiers’
He has written some 20 stage plays, 17 television shows and two bestselling books ... had reported – that they were sent to Europe to be concubines for black soldiers. Because white soldiers ...
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The Best Military Movies and Shows Streaming Right Now on Amazon Prime Video
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi ... when video-game movies and shows were just an awful cash grab designed to sell more merchandise to children, so we might be a little jaded.
'The Vietnam War' Co-director Lynn Novick: 'We Have To Hold Our Leaders Accountable'
Critically acclaimed documentary series 'The Vietnam War' co-creator Lynn Novick speaks to Outlook about patterns of war, the ...
Kale on Books: More books about World War II and closer to home, some insights about Governor’s Land
Eleven years after the establishment of the Jamestown Colony in 1607, Virginia Gov. Sir George Yeardley was ordered by the Virginia Company of London to set aside land on the mainland — hence Governor ...
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Where did Barry Jenkins feel safe as a kid? Atop a tree
Director Barry Jenkins is best known for films like Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk. On NPR's Wild Card, he opens up ...
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Hundreds of soldiers freed in the latest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that 150 Russian soldiers were freed from captivity as part ... in numbers wasn’t immediately clear. “We are working to free everyone from Russian captivity ...
Biden awards Medal of Honor to 7 US Army soldiers
President Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor to seven U.S. Army soldiers, most of whom received it posthumously for ...