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80 years after World War II, Germany is still painstakingly searching for its fallen soldiers
A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 ...
80 years after World War II, Germany is still searching for its fallen soldiers
A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 years after World War II ...
AP PHOTOS: 80 years after World War II, Germany is still searching for its fallen soldiers
German soldiers of WWII to the grave during a funeral service at a memorial site for fallen soldiers in Halbe, Germany, ...
How African Soldiers Shaped the Outcome of WWII
Over a million Africans who were called to service by colonial powers took part in the war. Many never returned – and those ...
AFRO American Newspapers9d
Black female WWII unit, ‘Six Triple Eight,’ receives congressional honor
The Congressional Gold Medal is awarded to the 'Six Triple Eight,' an all-female, all-Black unit that served in Europe during ...
Texas Public Radio10d
A Black, all-female WWII unit got a congressional medal 80 years after making history
The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for ...
WAMC Northeast Public Radio10d
The only female unit to serve overseas in WWII gets a congressional medal 80 years on
The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation14d
Bunbury soldier's extraordinary bravery during World War I remembered
They were also in the first group of soldiers to reach the beach at Anzac ... Dick was struck in the face by an exploding bullet from a German sniper. Believed dead, he lay without sight for ...
The Straits Times15d
German prosecutors launch homicide probe after police shoot dead Black man
BERLIN - A German police officer has been suspended from duty pending a homicide investigation after shooting dead a 21-year-old Black man, state prosecutors said on Thursday, in a case that has ...
Task & Purpose15d
New comic book tells tale of Civil War’s first Black Medal of Honor recipient
Years after the war, his actions in the assault would be recognized with the Medal of Honor, making Carney the first Black American soldier to earn the nation’s highest award for valor.
Politico Europe19d
Germany bets on volunteers to fix a hollowed-out army — but will it work?
the Bundeswehr will fall short of the necessary number of active soldiers and trained reservists,” said Christian Richter, a reserve lieutenant colonel and legal expert at the German Institute for ...
Task & Purpose19d
80 years ago, American soldiers captured the center of Nazi Germany
Eight decades ago, U.S. Army soldiers raised the American flag in ... reducing large portions of the city to rubble, which the German forces used to place anti-tank guns and machine gun nests ...