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The etymology of ‘f*ck’ and the war that popularized it U.S. Army Gen. George Patton, left, employed the F-word with great enthusiasm. (Library of Congress via AP) You’re dashing around, running a bit late perhaps, and your pinky toe just happens to connect with the corner of an inanimate object that seemingly just popped up on you despite its relatively permanent and solitary position in your home. Through watering eyes and an emanating pain that doesn’t seem natural for such a sma...

Share This: In the early months of 1945, the war in Europe was coming to a conclusion.  In mid-to-late February, the Russians, driving from the east, were pushing the German army backward and had arrived less than 100 miles from Berlin. Poland, where the war had begun in 1939, was almost completely in the hands of the Soviets. After the bloody Battle of the Bulge, the American, British, French, and Canadian troops were pushing into Germany from the west and entering the Ruhr, where Germany’s...

March 5, 2021 Nineteen-year-old Hosea Williams, an infantry gunner, was in a foxhole in France with 13 other soldiers when a German shell hit. Everyone was killed but Williams. As staff sergeant in an all-black infantry unit attached to Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Army, Williams was one of more than 2.5 million African-American men who enlisted in segregated units and served with distinction and honor. Williams laid in that foxhole for two days with devastating injuries, until an ambulance...

Billerica resident and World War II veterans celebrates 100 years with a surprise parade.

World War II veteran Ormand Strickland has three cases of military awards and honors, including a Purple Heart for combat injuries. This week, he finally received the Bronze Star.

Strickland, 95, of Wendell, shies away from speaking about the awards.  “I don’t know so much about talking about it,” he said.  But through the efforts of family friend, Fayetteville Councilman Johnny Dawkins,  Strickland’s family, and staffers in Rep. Richard Hudson’s office, Strickland was presented Wednesday with another award — the Bronze Star — tied to his World War II service. “Ormand had been recognized with many decorations for his service,” Hudson said during th...

On bases and ships around the world, U.S. forces went to Defense Condition 3. Heres What You Need to Remember: The Soviet Union is no more, Egypt is a U.S. ally, and Syria...well, is not Syria anymore. But it not hard to imagine a scenario where the superpowers—or rather one current and one former superpower—find themselves at odds again. On the night of October 24, 1973, came the dreaded words:  Assume Defcon 3. On bases and ships around the world, U.S. forces went to Defense Condition 3...

World War II: The U.S. Armys Determined Drive on the Moselle River In September 1944, the American Third Army in France mounted a drive to bridge the Moselle River at Dieulouard and cut the German forces in two. Heres What You Need to Know: On September 5, 1944, American intelligence estimates of German forces in the sector of the 80th Infantry Division, between Nancy and Metz in northeastern France, described scattered units and limited defenses along the east bank of the Moselle River. Eleme...

Last Updated On: Feb 14 2021 02:55 Gmt+3 On Sept. 27, 2020, the Azeri armed forces attacked Nagorno-Karabakh (“Artsakh” in Armenian). They were backed by the Turkish military and jihadist mercenaries with armed drones, heavy artillery, rocket systems and special forces.  At least 3,500 Armenians were killed and over 100,000 civilians were displaced during 44 days of violent conflict. Eye-witnesses describe Azeri soldiers mutilating bodies, beheading civilians, and using banned weapons suc...

Authorities in southern Sinai hope 36-kilometer defense rampart could revitalize tourism in the area after it has been dented by Islamist militants and COVID-19 pandemic