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88-Year-Old WWII Veteran Receives Purple Heart

World War II veteran Charles Bledsoe, 88, left, talks with U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., Wednesday, May 1, 2013, as he's awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star for injuries sustained in combat at the Veterans Administration hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Associated Press | May 02, 2013

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - As Army soldier Charles Bledsoe was being loaded onto a Jeep with a gunshot wound to the abdomen nearly 70 years ago, he heard someone say, "Give him his last rites." "I looked around to see who that was getting the last rites," Bledsoe recalled. "I went, `The hell.' It was me." Bledsoe recovered, but the April 19, 1945, wo... more

WWII POW Recalls 1945 Decimation in Dresden

Dresden, after the Allied attacks, is reduced to rubble

 | Apr 04, 2013

BATH TWP., Ohio -- The images of the German city of Dresden after the Allied firebombing in February 1945 are still vivid in the mind of 87-year-old Gerald "Jerry" Lamb. As an American prisoner of war, Lamb went out on numerous work details in the burning city to remove dead bodies. "It was like War of the Worlds," said Lamb, a Cleveland nativ... more

Battle of Midway Hero Jim Muri Dies at 93

Associated Press | Feb 06, 2013

BILLINGS, Montana -- World War II pilot James Muri, who saved his crippled B-26 bomber and crew by buzzing the flight deck of a Japanese aircraft carrier during the Battle of Midway, has died in Billings. He was 93. Muri died Sunday of natural causes, according to Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary. On June 4, 1942, Muri piloted one of four B-26 bomb... more

WWII Hero, Inspiration for 'The Dirty Dozen,' Dies

UPI | Jan 23, 2013

World War II hero James "Jake" McNiece, whose behind-the-lines exploits helped inspire the film "The Dirty Dozen," has died, family members said. He was 93. McNiece, a retired postal worker who spent most of his adult life in Ponca City, Okla., but lived his last years near family in Springfield, Ill., passed away Monday, The (Oklahoma City) Ok... more

WWII Hero Bear to get Statue in Scotland

Universal Press Syndicate | Dec 29, 2012

"Private Wojtek," a brown bear adopted by a unit of Polish soldiers during World War II, is to be honored with a memorial statue in the Scottish capital. After the war, Wojtek found a new home in the Edinburgh Zoo. The Wojtek Memorial Trust hopes to have the statue in place in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh in time for the 50th anniversary... more

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