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Mount Tom memorial marks 75th anniversary of deadly B-17 crash in Holyoke MassLive.com 15 hrs ago © Don Treeger | dtreeger/@repub.com Jesus Pereira is Holyoke's director of veterans' services. The grainy, black-and-white news reel footage shows the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress in bits and pieces. Clothing and other personal belongings of those aboard can be seen strewn across the rocky, wooded mountainside. A mighty workhorse of the U.S. Army Air Corps’ bomber force in World War II, the aircraft had been converted for use to ferry soldiers and sailors home from war duty. On the n...

Columnist Jim Cahillane: U.S. Air Force blues "> "> "> Published: 7/1/2021 7:29:18 PM In his new book, “The Bomber Mafia,” Malcolm Gladwell goes into great detail about World War II’s Norden bombsight. As an amateur historian, I’ve been the incidental beneficiary of lived experience in place of Gladwell’s admission of research-lite. The Internet has empowered people with a cell phone or computer to be factually in league with generations of scholars. One reviewer of Malcolm’s book concluded that its hero is Curtis LeMay, general of the U.S. Army Air Force. LeMay is described by ...

Brooke Arneson, FFA Chapter Reporter Twenty-four Sleepy Eye FFA members traveled to Sibley State Park, near New London, from June 15 to 18, for the Timberland Leadership Camp. Sleepy Eye FFA Advisors, Mary Hoffmann, McKenzie Cselovszki, and Katie Emmett, the Sleepy Eye Summer Intern, Taylor Peck, along with several members from the Tracy and Marshall FFA chapters also attended the camp. The Sleepy Eye Advisors, along with Region and State Officers, and the Summer Intern did all of the programming, activities, and food for the camp for the week. While at the leadership camp, FFA members got ...

Dresden School Board requests veto of HB 2At its regular board meeting on Tuesday, the Dresden School Board voted unanimously to update the language of its previous resolution opposing HB 544 to reference its current inclusion as an amendment embedded...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has announced that entry fees at all 75 Minnesota state parks will be waived this Saturday, June 12th -- encouraging all Minnesotans to get outside and explore Minnesota's parks & trails. The goal is to encourage families to spend time together with a walk outdoors, to explore the natural beauty that Minnesota has to offer. Research shows that walking offers multiple benefits, from increased creativity and better brain function to more flexibility and stamina. So you won't just burn calories, you'll also improve your well-being. Get our free ...