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World War II
October 10, 2018
More than 70 years later, an unknown soldier comes home
Gerard Murphy never met his uncle Richard. But the Potomac, Maryland, native grew up hearing stories of the former journalist ...
October 09, 2018
Exhibit looks at key traumatic moments in Czechoslovakia
The voices of the witnesses are quiet. Their heads are projected on screens behind a chain-link fence in complete darkness ...
Toshimitsu Motegi
October 02, 2018
Japan's PM reshuffles Cabinet; foreign, trade ministers stay
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet on Tuesday, retaining key diplomatic and economy posts as Japan ...
September 26, 2018
Elaborate throne for Japan's next emperor arrives in Tokyo
The monumental imperial throne for the coronation of Japan's new emperor has arrived in Tokyo from an ancient imperial palace ...
August 23, 2018
Russia's Putin visits site of decisive WWII battle in Kursk
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday attended ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Kursk, in ...
August 21, 2018
Pearl Harbor survivor who pushed to identify 'unknowns' dies
A Pearl Harbor survivor who pushed to identify buried unknown remains from the 1941 attack died Monday at age 97. Ray Emory ...
Heiko Mass
August 20, 2018
German foreign minister honors Nazi victims at Auschwitz
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has labelled the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland as "hell on earth," ...
August 16, 2018
WWII POWs buried as unknowns in Hawaii get memorial marker
Nancy Kragh grew up without her father, who was among 400 prisoners of war killed when a ship taking them from the ...
August 16, 2018
Shipwreck from only WWII battle in America found off Alaska
Daryl Weathers remembers trying to pull men from the sea off Alaska's Aleutian Islands after a U.S. Navy destroyer hit a mine ...
Akihito
August 16, 2018
Japanese emperor tries to make amends for his father's war
For his last time, Japan's Emperor Akihito addressed a memorial service Wednesday marking the end of World War II.
August 13, 2018
WWII remains come home, brothers get to pay last respects
For nearly 70 years, Dominic Ragucci believed his brother Emil's body had been swept out to sea during a World War II battle ...
August 13, 2018
Rhode Island alone celebrates Victory Day, debate lingers
Rhode Island is marking the end of World War II as a state holiday, although it remains the only state in the U.S. to do so.
August 06, 2018
Hiroshima remembers atomic bombing on 73rd anniversary
Hiroshima marked the anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city with a somber ceremony Monday to remember ...
Taro Kono, Sergey Lavrov
July 31, 2018
Russia, Japan hope business ties will improve island dispute
Russian and Japanese officials are expressing hope that business ties between the two countries will help solve a ...
Takeo Hatano
July 27, 2018
Released memo points to Hirohito's role in Pearl Harbor raid
A newly released memo by a wartime Japanese official provides what a historian says is the first look at the thinking of ...
July 26, 2018
Manzanar detainee who found reason for WW2 internment dies
Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, who uncovered proof that thousands of Japanese-Americans incarcerated in the United States during ...
JOSE GUTIERREZ FUNERAL
July 15, 2018
AP Explains: Immigrants in US military throughout history
Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being ...
July 10, 2018
WWII airman from Connecticut is buried at Arlington Cemetery
A U.S. service member killed during World War II when his plane was shot down over France has been laid to rest at Arlington ...
July 07, 2018
Relatives of WWII airman to gather for long-delayed funeral
More than a dozen relatives of a U.S. service member killed during World War II are traveling next week to Arlington National ...
July 06, 2018
Joint statement on Holocaust fuels anger it was meant to end
A joint statement by the prime ministers of Poland and Israel was meant to lay to rest a months-long dispute over how to ...
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