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Remains of 3 U.S. airmen killed in WWII identified 82 years after their bomber crashed
Three airmen who died during a World War II bombing raid have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ...
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Remains of WWII soldier identified after 80 years, funeral planned for Saturday
Cherubini’s remains were identified in December by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. He was 22 years old at the time of ...
'Extraordinary' WW2 veteran dies aged 100
The son of a West Sussex veteran of World War Two has paid tribute to her after she died aged 100. Cicely Ball was among the ...
The Bridge on the River Kwai: How Hollywood buried the grim truth of the Burma Death Railway
A new series, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, is set during the Burma campaign. Will we ever get the full story of the ...
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Animated Map: The Burma Campaign
Track the progress of the Burma Campaign - from the rapid Japanese victories of 1941, to the desperate battles for the Indian towns of Kohima and Imphal. Then follow the course of the Allies as ...
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In 1940s Burma, a New Kind of Flying Machine Joined the War: The Helicopter
Several other YR-4Bs were used in rescues by U.S. forces in other areas before the war ended, but it was only in Burma that they were used in combat conditions. Harman Carter was awarded the ...
Remains of soldier from Hartford killed in World War II to be buried in Arlington
The remains of a soldier from Hartford who had been missing since World War II have been found and he will be honored for his ...
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Hacking When It Counts: Surviving The Burma Death Railway
In the early days of World War II, the Japanese army invaded Burma (now Myanmar) and forced an end to British colonial rule there. Occupying Burma required troops and massive amounts of materiel ...