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Nagasaki marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing
Nagasaki has marked the 78th anniversary of the U.S dropping an atomic bomb on the city, with its mayor urging an end to nuclear weapons.
5 things to know as Hiroshima marks 75th A-bomb anniversary
Today is the 75th anniversary of the A-bomb attack on Hiroshima.
Memories of the unit that hid the Enola Gay, which dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima 75 years ago today
For months leading up to the Hiroshima bombing, hundreds of B29s flew long-distance missions from islands such as Tinian to weaken Japanese defenses.
By Todd South
Navy commissions newest warship
Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Navy veteran, noted the Freedom-class warship was made with Indiana steel.
Captured in war, a diary returns home
From the brutal battle of Tinian to a Tupperware sandwich container to an Oregon charity and back to the family of the killed man who scribbled it.
By Ron Devlin, The Reading Eagle
New warship Indianapolis commissioning set for Hoosier port
The ship was built at a Marinette, Wisconsin, shipyard and will be based in Florida.
That time the US dropped an atomic bomb on a fleet of 95 ships
Mistakes were made.
By Timothy J. Jorgensen, Georgetown University
A Seabee on Iwo Jima: The men who drove cranes and cats also served
A Seabee remembers what building and fighting were like on the bloody island of Iwo Jima.
By Jack Cornwell, World War II Magazine
Reporter’s Notebook: Goodbye to a pair of American icons
A reporter recollects meeting the pair of participants in one of the 20th century's most famous photos.
By Mark D. Faram
USS Indianapolis survivors recount harrowing battle for survival in new documentary
The film is available for viewing through Feb. 5.
By Jon Simkins
In the last hours of war, blood and heroism and irony and loss
World War II was clearly in its closing days — or was it?
By Sam Moses, World War II Magazine