How two California men were united by patriotism and a weathered flag
A weathered American flag outside 66-year-old Napoleon Fuller's Menifee, California home connected him with a Vietnam veteran ...
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WWII veteran who witnessed flag-raising at Iwo Jima dies on way to D-Day commemoration in France
A World War II US Navy veteran who witnessed the raising of the United States flag at Iwo Jima has died on the way to a D-Day commemoration event in France. Robert Persichitti, 102, passed away on ...
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GOLD STAR SURVIVORS
The flag included a blue star for every immediate family member serving in the armed forces of the United States ... was formed before the end of World War II. The Gold Star Lapel Button was ...
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Late WWII veteran’s flag to remain on display at Lewiston’s North Temple Street fire station
William J. Burns, a longtime Warren Avenue resident who passed away in 2003, will live on in memory in the form of his ...
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Perry’s lost flag replicated, given to descendant of U.S. immigrant
When the United States became Japan’s enemy in World War II, Nathaniel’s grandson, who was Takashi’s grandfather, and other family members burned the Stars and Stripes flag. In 1944 ...
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History of United States Olympic Team Flagbearers
Each country's team is preceded into the Olympic Stadium by an athlete or delegation representative bearing his or her country’s flag. The flagbearer for the United States Olympic ... were canceled ...
From the GI Bill to reparations: The next Congress must right a history of injustice
The G.I. Bill, which provided life-changing education and housing benefits to millions of World War II veterans, excluded ...
Get the Facts: The shifting veteran landscape
I think it's different for *** veteran when he sees the flag and salute it because he knows what he joined the military for, ...
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A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed during World War II is returning to his family
A flag carried by a Japanese soldier killed in action during World War II was handed over Thursday ... symbolizes the friendship between the United States and Japan. “He (Mutsuda) was killed ...
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THE STORY OF CHINATOWN
The only ethnic group in the history of the United States to have been specifically ... the catastrophic events of World War II and it's aftermath benefited the Chinese in America.
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MacArthur: Three generations
Douglas MacArthur lived his entire life, from cradle to grave, in the United States Army ... the "U.S.S. Missouri," bringing an end to World War II. His place as a leading figure of the 20th ...
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GOLD STAR SURVIVORS
The flag included a blue star for every immediate family member serving in the armed forces of the United States ... was formed before the end of World War II. The Gold Star Lapel Button was ...