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World War II veteran Richard Stewart, 102, was accompanied by Zac Cromley, a volunteer companion, in June 2023 while Stewart was on his first trip back to Normandy since he landed there in July 1944.
Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, [4] and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history.
Mauldin retired in 1991. The pair reappeared in a 1998 Veterans Day strip of the popular comic Peanuts, using art that had been copied out of a 1944 Willie and Joe panel. [10] Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts and himself a World War II Infantry combat veteran, was a personal friend of Mauldin's and considered him a hero. [11]
George Strock (July 3, 1911 – August 23, 1977) was a photojournalist during World War II when he took a picture of three American soldiers who were killed during the Battle of Buna-Gona on the Buna beach. It became the first photograph to depict dead American troops on the battlefield to be published during World War II.
Friends, family and veterans gathered to send 18 WWII veterans on an honor flight for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Hosted by Honor Flight Bluegrass, the veterans had the opportunity to attend ...
Nov. 26—NEW ALBANY — A Southern Indiana group is honoring veterans by sharing the stories behind photographs, letters and other memorabilia from those who served in various wars. Every month ...
This is a Bibliography of World War II memoirs and autobiographies.This list aims to include memoirs written by participants of World War II about their wartime experience, as well as larger autobiographies of participants of World War II that are at least partially concerned with the author's wartime experience.
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