Rare WWI-era teddy bear that comforted boy could sell for £1,200
The 116-year-old bear was first gifted to a boy in Birmingham for Christmas in 1908, but got a makeover in 1915 when the ...
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WWII Ghost Army units tricked Nazis and saved lives
The Ghost Army units: groups of soldiers armed with little more than inflatable weaponry and sound machines. Corporal Al ...
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Photograph stolen from veteran 78 years ago returned
William Gillespie of Mercer County was serving in Osaka, Japan, from 1946 to 1947 when this photograph was taken 78 years ago ...
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How Hershey Became Responsible for Making D-Rations for U.S. Soldiers in World War II
U.S. soldiers who gave away their Hershey-made D-rations as well as the chocolate bars themselves were in some ways U.S.
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When the ‘Sun Tobacco Fund’ Rushed to the Trenches of World War I a Taste of Home
The pack or two a soldier might carry in his pocket would be burned up during “the many lazy days devoted to sailing across ...
Exhibit at Omaha’s Durham Museum pictures World War I through the eyes of a soldier
The Durham Museum has an exhibit on display that gives us a look, through one man’s eyes, some of the things he saw beyond ...