The Iowa-class battleship on which the Japanese military surrendered, the USS Missouri, was built in Brooklyn, NY. Another example of the vastness of the American war machine is more personal for me. More than 1,400 miles south of Tokyo on that fateful September 2, my great-grandfather, ...
The World Food Program on Friday won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe. The announcement was made in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Nobel Committee. PANDEMIC ADDED TO HUNGER The Nobel Committee said that the coron...
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Notes on the History of Randolph County, NC Random Topics Researched and Written by L. McKay Whatley The Conjurer June 20, 2023 June 19, 1865, “Juneteenth,” was the day freedom finally came to the enslaved people of Texas, and is now celebrated as our second American independence day...
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Nicole Gee, a maintenance technician with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, awaits the launch of an MV-22B Osprey during an en route care exercise aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, April 5, 2021Staff Sergeant Mark E Morrow Jr/U.S. Marine...
At one time, especially in the 1960s the grain elevator was considered the unofficial west end of Kennewick. But what about its history? The Grain elevator has stood for decades In the 6000 block of West Clearwater Ave. shortly before you reach Archibald's Auto lot, you will see the mass...
At one time, especially in the 1960s the grain elevator was considered the unofficial west end of Kennewick. But what about its history? The Grain elevator has stood for decades In the 6000 block of West Clearwater Ave. shortly before you reach Archibald's Auto lot, you will see the mass...
By: the editors of Legacy Publishers A Japanese kamikaze pilot aims his aircraft at the USS Missouri in the waters off Okinawa on April 11, 1945. See more pictures of World War II. On the afternoon of April 12, 1945, nearing the end of World War II, U.S. President Franklin Delano ...