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World War II Army veteran Bobbie Carson's friends got him bumped to the front of the waiting list for new Corvettes. The 95-year-old would've had to wait a year if not for the effort.
Donald A. Ritchie’s The Columnist: Leaks, Lies, and Libel in Drew Pearson’s Washington offers a probing look at one of the most controversial journalists to ever stalk the halls of power.
The Horrifying Discovery of Dachau Concentration CampâAnd Its Liberation by US Troops The wrenching images and first-hand testimonies of Dachau recorded by U.S. soldiers brought the horrors of the Holocaust home to America. Author: Horace Abrahams/Keystone/Getty Images The wrenching images and first-hand testimonies of Dachau recorded by U.S. soldiers brought the horrors of the Holocaust home to America. When the men of the 42nd “Rainbow” Division rolled into the Bavarian town of Dachau at the tail end of World War II, they expected to find an abandoned training facility for Adolf Hi...
Troy, New York-based unit responsible for National Guard elements in New York, New Jersey and New England Courtesy of the New York National Guard LATHAM, N.Y. – New York Army National Guard Major General Thomas Spencer, a resident of York, Maine, took command of the Troy, New York–based 42nd Infantry Division during a change of command ceremony held April 17. Spencer, a veteran of the Iraq War and Operation Desert Shield/Storm in 1990-1991, has been serving as the Assistant Deputy Commander for Sustainment for the 42nd Infantry Division since 2018. This included a deployment to the Midd...
Boarded at Queenstown. Third Class. From: Kingwilliamstown (now Ballydesmond), County Cork. Destination: 855 Trement Avenue, Bronx, New York City. Daniel Buckley lived because a woman in a lifeboat threw a shawl over him. Her action cloaked his presence as officers fired shots and ordered men who had rushed a boat to leave it – or die. A moment’s humanity had turned Dannie Buckley female. He was an ambitious and enterprising young man who wanted to go to America to make some money, as he told Senator William Alden Smith at the US inquiry. "I came in the Titanic because she was a new steam...