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Share This: “I joined to fight and was put blowing a bugle. There is a right way, and Marine Corps Way, naturally it’s easy to see which way we go,” said USMC Sgt. Darrell Cole. In his formative years, Darrell Cole was a Sunday school leader, choir boy, and vagabond. But his actions in the moments that would ultimately end his life made him an American hero and Medal of Honor recipient. This is the last known photo of Sgt. Cole before his heroic actions at Iwo Jima. (Dailyjournalonline) C...

play-icon Watch: huge cliff fall on the Jurassic Coast A section of beach in Dorset remains cordoned off following a huge cliff fall. It happened just west of Weymouth. The coastal path above has been closed off. Dorset Council says more cliff is expected to be lost.  4,000-tons came away from the cliff in Dorset with massive chunks - some the size of cars - plummeting towards the beach hundreds of feet below. Its the biggest rockfall in 60 years seen on the Jurassic Coast . The dramatic land...

Listening to History: Songs of the Civil War and What We Can Learn Throughout American history, our wars have either popularized or produced songs that remain familiar to us today. The American Revolution brought us many songs, but only “Yankee Doodle” has stood the test of time. Sung to an old tune and written originally as a song of English derision aimed at Americans during the French and Indian War, patriots of the Revolution took the song for their own, changed the words, and proudly p...

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The Globe staff’s favorite kids movies What was your favorite movie when you were a kid? Here are some of ours. Updated April 9, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Don Knotts, right, in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images “Adventures in Babysitting” (1987) came out when I was a suburban 10-year-old, and even though there were no vampires, ghosts, or magicians, it felt like a fantasy film. I wanted to be one of the young kids under t...

BBC News Published image copyrightReuters image captionA memorial is planned for the White Cliffs that were immortalised in one of Dame Veras most famous songs Three sites on Dovers iconic White Cliffs are being considered for a memorial to the Forces Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn, who died last year. Dame Veras daughter has visited the cliffs overlooking the English Channel as plans for the £1.5m memorial to her mother gather pace. Fundraising is due to begin in June, on the anniversary of Dame V...

A former police chief today said she would struggle to report a crime because of the way female victims are routinely judged and humiliated. Sue Fish, who retired as Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police in 2017, said going through the criminal justice system was thankless for women, adding that victim blaming was now endemic. Ms Fish told Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 4s Womans Hour that there were still significant parts of policing where there is a very toxic culture of sexism, of misogyny, ...

Dame Vera Lynn It will be shown on Saturday, March 20 at 4pm, Filmed at Dame Vera’s favourite cafe, The Nutmeg Tree, in her home town of Ditchling, the D-Day Darlings offer a heartfelt and morale-building collection of popular Dame Vera Lynn songs including The White Cliffs of Dover, Now is the Hour and A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, including the Darlings’ original composition of Sweetheart, written for Dame Vera, and finishing with We’ll Meet Again to end the birthday dedication...

Advertisement Scene of crime officers today took away bags of items - including scissors and what appeared to be a long tool handle - from areas in Kent where they were investigating Sarah Everards murder. The forensic experts, dressed in blue protective suits, could be seen walking away from the four sites of interest in Sandwich with the plastic bags. One had a pair of bandage cutting scissors inside while others contained a black item in a smaller zip lock pouch. What appeared to be the hand...

12:08 EDT, 17 March 2021 A top Met Police boss has today defended the actions of officers at the Sarah Everard vigil saying they were doing their duty, after the force faced accusations of heavy-handedness. Deputy Commissioner Sir Stephen House claimed police had faced abuse and had plastic water bottles thrown at them after asking crowds to disperse from Saturdays memorial event at Clapham Common. He refused to apologise on behalf of officers, who he said had acted professionally and propor...