World War II

A view of the coffin of former RAF Sergeant Peter Brown
May 25, 2023

Strangers pack British church for funeral of 96-year-old Jamaican ‘Pilot of the Caribbean’

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December 14, 2022

Tyler Perry bringing World War II film to Netflix

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July 27, 2022

102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit honored

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May 6, 2022

Tuskegee airman turning 100 requests birthday cards. We’ve given you his address

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November 11, 2021

Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities

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July 13, 2021

Black female WWII unit hoping to get congressional honor

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June 30, 2021

Black WWII vet denied Purple Heart due to racism receives medal 77 years later

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Richard Overton
December 28, 2018

Richard Overton, America’s oldest man and World War II veteran dies at 112

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May 6, 2015

America's oldest living WWII vet Richard Overton celebrated turning 109 in style

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June 6, 2014

Black soldiers on D-Day: Invisible but present

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May 24, 2014

The passion of service to our troops in a war that's not over

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March 20, 2014

Nazi-themed party held at Minneapolis restaurant on Martin Luther King Day

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December 25, 2013

Pair of 107-year-old WWII veterans meet for the first time

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November 11, 2013

Obama pays tribute to 107-year-old veteran

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November 8, 2013

107-year-old vet: Key to living is ‘staying out of trouble’

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August 27, 2013

2nd teen in court following death of WWII veteran

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August 1, 2013

John Edward Allen: Tuskegee Airman living in NM dead at age 84

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May 27, 2013

Remembering Crispus Attucks and the forgotten black soldiers of the American Revolution

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May 24, 2013

68 Years After WWII, a former Tuskegee Airman and female civilian military pilot meet

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January 21, 2013

Tuskegee airmen honored guests at inaugural

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