Together, they were their own war movie. Anthony Di Petta. Wilbur Archie Mitts. Jay Manown Jr. For generations, this trio of aviators was feared forever lost to […]
Tag: world war II
But for Mrs. Sweeney, D-Day might have stood for ‘disaster’
by David M. Shribman Now, as we approach the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that began the liberation of Europe from Nazi control, let us praise […]
Tuskegee Airman Roberts worked just as hard waging peace
FAIRMONT — You never leave a wounded bird up there, on its own. That’s what they called them, the shot-up B-17s and B-24s, crippled by the German […]
Woody Williams honored in ceremony at U.S. Capitol: Marion County native was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II
If this had been a war movie, John Wayne would have materialized just in time and the music would have swelled. Except, it wasn’t a movie. It […]
GOP banning books about truths its own leaders have apologized for
by Samuel G. Freedman On a recent outing my wife and I took in a touring exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution titled “Righting a Wrong.” Within the […]
Medal of Honor recipient Woody Williams dies
Somebody’s gotta take out those pillboxes. That’s what the officer said, as he spied the smoke from the machine-gunners dug into the rock and sand. See ‘em? […]
