June 22, 2020 WWII monument in Charlotte defaced with hammer and sickle A World War II memorial in North Carolina’s largest city was reportedly defaced over the weekend with a hammer and sickle.
June 21, 2020 Joseph Tachovsky: My father, World War II hero – eulogy at his funeral inspired me to learn more My dad was the commander of the Sixth Marine Regiment’s Scout Snipers, nicknamed the “40 Thieves” by their peers.
June 21, 2020 Rabbi Avi Shafran: My father, a Holocaust refugee, taught me lessons about hatred still sadly true today All of us must continue to work for the goal my father came to America to achieve and that Dr. Martin Luther King dreamt of – a time when hatreds that divide us will at long last became part of our past and not our present or future.
June 18, 2020 Vera Lynn, WWII Allied Forces singer, dead at 103 Vera Lynn, the British singer whose songs provided hope for allied troops during World War II, died on Thursday. She was 103.
June 11, 2020 Wreck of patrol boat commanded by JFK during WWII discovered The wreck of a high-speed patrol boat commanded by John F. Kennedy during World War II has been discovered in New York’s Harlem River.
June 10, 2020 WWII vet, 92, beats COVID-19 after losing 38 pounds, gets medals A Navy veteran from Maine who served in both WWII and the Korean War was given long overdue service medals after overcoming the coronavirus and losing 38 pounds in the process.
June 6, 2020 London statue of Winston Churchill vandalized on D-Day amid protests A statue of one of Britain's most famous leaders has been vandalized in the nation's capital as protesters turned out to speak out against racism.
June 6, 2020 James Carafano: Like heroes of D-Day, National Guard members now defend us – this time from rioting in US As we remember the American heroes who stormed the beaches of Normandy exactly 76 years ago on D-Day, we should also remember those soldiers here at home now standing guard on our street corners to help police prevent rioting and looting and protect our individual rights.
June 6, 2020 One man lays wreaths in Normandy on unusual D-Day hit by coronavirus For years, Steven Oldrid, 66, had helped out with D-Day events around the beaches where British soldiers had landed — and often left their lives behind — be it organizing parking, getting pipers to show or getting sponsors for veterans' dinners.
June 5, 2020 On sad anniversary, few to mourn the D-Day dead in Normandy Saturday's anniversary will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever, as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping almost everyone away — from government leaders to frail veterans who might not get another chance for a final farewell to their unlucky comrades.