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One hundred seventy-seven B-24 Liberators took off from Libya on August 1, 1943, bound for the Romanian oil refineries at...

Two West Virginia POWs, listed as "Unknowns" for decades, have finally been identified using DNA technology.

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The 45th was the only "green" division in the invasion with no combat experience. Its 180th Infantry Regiment struggled badly...