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German city to honor WWII airmen executed after surviving B-17 crash
Joseph Prokop, then 22, survived the downing of the bomber only to be captured by the Germans and summarily executed after a Gestapo officer learned one of his crewmates was Jewish.
By David Singleton, The (Scranton, Pa.) Times-Tribune via the AP
Aussies to revamp East Timor naval base
Canberra also will help the new democracy get an undersea internet connection to the rest of the world.
A lion of the law, World War II Navy veteran Robert Morgenthau buried in New York
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor paid tribute to her longtime mentor at his funeral.
One by one, D-Day memories fade as war’s witnesses die
One more funeral, one less witness to the world’s worst war.
By Angela Charlton, The Associated Press
Once lost in the mail, cruiser Antietam’s exam results graded — 58 advanced
It was a happy ending to a postal odyssey that should’ve ended at the Pensacola-based grading facility long before Nov. 20, when other commands worldwide began telling junior enlisted shipmates that they made the cut and were being advanced.
By Carl Prine