I am submitting this column to my publisher on Sept. 2. That day is significant to me because my wife was born on Sept. 2, 1944. That is 82 ye…
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- Michael Loria USA Today
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Navy officials might name a new aircraft carrier after President Donald Trump instead of a World War II sailor who heroically saved lives when Pearl Harbor was bombed, according to media reports.
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- Naval History and Heritage Command
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Dorie Miller, who died during World War II, was the first Black man to be awarded the Navy Cross for actions at Pearl Harbor.
- Debra Utacia Krol Arizona Republic
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Thomas H. Begay, at 16, joined the Marines using his mother's thumbprint and became a Navajo Code Talker during World War II, relaying critical messages at Iwo Jima, helping secure Allied victory in the Pacific Theater.
- Reuters
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Allied forces landed on the beaches June 6, 1944, to fight Adolf Hitler's Nazi troops and go on to liberate France during World War II.
- Jon Young, Midtown
On March 13, 1944, German U-boat commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck ordered his crew to machine-gun the survivors of the SS Peleus. We caught them an…
- William Brandt, Oro Valley
People who are not familiar with European history may not recognize the name of Neville Chamberlain. He was the British Prime Minister who in …
- Stacy Zinman, Midtown
The letter on 8/2/25 comparing the Jewish children at the Maccabi games to Nazi Hitler youth during the Holocaust was an appalling example of …
- Mitchell Flatow, West side
I read in disbelief "Maccabi Games Issue" in which Mr. Sabalos calls it "grotesque to view photographs depicting the smiling faces of healthy …
- James Torrey, West side
This is nothing new. At the start of World War II, Hitler astonished the world with a new, thundering tactic, the blitzkrieg. He sent his Panz…
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