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The soldiers’ mission was as dangerous as it was audacious: a trek of more than 500 miles through mountainous jungle in northern Burma to seize a Japanese-held airfield in World War II.
Gov. Andy Beshear is ordering for flags at all state office buildings to be lowered to half-staff in honor of a Kentucky soldier who died in World War II.
Merrill’s Marauders, the story of one of the most decorated units in World War II, will be featured prominently at the British Flying Training School Museum on Sept. 28. The
(Editor’s Note: This is part of a series about Westmoreland County residents who have been honored as Hometown Heroes.) Walter Krautz Greensburg 1919-1986 Walter Krautz survived the jungle, but the sacrifices he made during a World War II mission behind enemy lines in Southeast Asia didn’t end once he was
Horace Middleton served as an infantryman in World War II as part of the “New Galahad” reinforcements that helped Merrill’s Marauders secure the Myitkyina