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Tuesday, March 16, 2021   View Larger + John Edward O'Hara, 99.9 years old, passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021 at his home in Narragansett, RI. John was born March 20, 1921 in Reddish, Stockport, England, the son of John O’Hara and Clara “Worthington” O’Hara. The family immigrated to America when John was 2 years old, moving to Riverside, RI before settling in North Providence, Rhode Island. As a child, John lived through The Great Depression. During John’s teenage years, he became a graduate of La Salle Academy before joining the Civilian Conservation Corps (the CCC), Unit- S 5...

Operation Torch: Why Did America Fight French Forces in 1942? Instead of welcoming American troops with brass bands, Vichy France’s colonial forces fought back with everything they had. Here's What You Need to Know: Early in the North African campaign, American tankers battled the Vichy French. Lucian Truscott needed a cigarette. The 47-year-old brigadier general was having the worst night of his life. Earlier that day, American troops under his command charged ashore on the Atlantic coast of French Morocco as part of Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. From the start, th...

Tales from a Sherman Tank: A World War II Soldier Remembers a Fight Through Germany When asked if he would change anything about his war experience, he said, “If I had to do it all over again––I would have kept whiskey in my canteen.” Here's What You Need to Remember: A combat medic showed up and took Bromberg to a first aid station. “I was a physical wreck,” he admitted. Suffering from combat shock, everything became a blur. All he could remember about the station was picking up a cigarette butt off the floor. “The next thing I knew I was in a field hospital,” he said.