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Classic menu staples like pot roast and meatloaf are being revamped in new ways Comfort food classics are classic for a reason: they stand the test of time, are attractive to a broad swath of consumers and offer nourishment to both body and soul. Typically simple and rarely ostentatious, they are attractive to restaurateurs as well. In the case of perennial favorite pot roast, operator appeals include the cost benefits of working with secondary cuts of meat, relatively uncomplicated prep...

February 3, 2021 A Biggs Museum exhibit highlights photographer Toni Frissell’s Images of Tuskegee Airmen, the 332nd Fighter Group, from the collection of the Library of Congress. SUBMITTED PHOTO The Biggs Museum of American Art presents Toni Frissell: In Italy with the Tuskegee Airmen, a historical photography exhibit, will open to the public to view online and for reservations to view in person beginning Wednesday, Feb. 10. Toni Frissell (1907-88), an eminent fashion and society...

This powerful aircraft was the definition of a reliable workhorse for the U.S. military. Key point: The P-47 could hold its own with a wide variety of enemy aircraft. It was hard to kill and it carried a good amount of firepower. Losses were high and morale low when the U.S. Eighth Air Force intensified its heavy bomber missions over Nazi-occupied Europe in late 1942. This article first appeared earlier and is being reposted due to reader interest. As the Americans persisted with their daylight...

UpdatedSun, Jan 24, 2021 at 2:08 pm CT Reply This obituary is provided by the family: ELMHURST, IL — Edward Ronne, Chicago broadcaster and communications leader, died peacefully on January 19. Born Norphin Edward Ronne on January 16, 1928 in Grand Forks, ND, to Jorand and Gust Ronne, he would later go by his middle name. Loving husband to Sandra (nee Holt), Ed is survived by four children, 10 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, half-brother Finn Espeland, numerous other relatives, and co...

Tactical Thunder: The Ninth Air Force in World War II The deployment of the Ninth Air Force brought the concept of tactical air support into action for the Allies. Heres What You Need to Know: Ninth Air Force P-47s assumed a major role in Normandy after the Allied ground forces finally broke out of the hedgerows that kept them bottled up. As the landing craft carrying the invading Allied ground forces of Operation Overlord motored toward the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944, they were protecte...

100-year-old WWII veteran receives key to City of Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato presented Mr. Herman Stubblefield with a key to the city of Hoover. (Source: City of Hoover) By WBRC Staff | January 22, 2021 at 2:57 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 3:15 PM HOOVER, Ala. (WBRC) - A World War II veteran turned 100 this week and received an honor from the City of Hoover. Mayor Frank Brocato presented Herman Stubblefield with a key to the city Friday. Mr. Stubblefield is a Tennessee native. He fough...

Tuskegee Airmen Former Lt. Col. Theodore Lumpkin Jr., a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who helped pave the way for desegregation in the military after World War II, died Dec. 26, following complications tied to COVID-19. He was 100. Although known for its pilots, Lumpkin’s eyesight kept him out of the cockpit. Instead, he served as an intelligence officer who briefed pilots on their missions. History remembers the all-Black unit for their pilots, however, the name also applies to the navigator...

Minnesota’s Air National Guard: A century in the sky A 1,600-mile journey not only set a course for military aviation in Minnesota but also for the United States. 3:23 pm, Jan. 17, 2021 × Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Greg A. Haase, left, former commander of the Minnesota Air National Guard’s 133 Airlift Wing, and Lt. Col. Dana Novinskie, commander of the Minnesota Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Squadron, with a C-130 Hercules transport plane at the Wing’s home at Minneap...

Some page features may require javascript to run. Bringing Soldiers Home A historian searches for evidence and memories of America’s missing personnel.By Lynn Juliano / Photos Courtesy of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense whose mission is to recover military personnel listed as prisoners of war or missing in action from past conflicts. In 2014, an investigation team led by Cal State Fullerton alumna Nicol...

Theodore Lumpkin Jr., a Tuskegee Airmen member, dies at 100 due to Covid-19 complications CNN 1/12/2021 By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN © Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Theodore "Ted" Lumpkin Jr., photographed in 2008, was an intelligence officer during World War II. Theodore Lumpkin Jr., one of the last surviving members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen who served during World War II, has died at age 100. Lumpkin passed away on December 26, just a few days shy of his 10...