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50 states, 50 heroes: ‘Follow me!’
Born Aug. 23, 1925, in Tampa, Florida, Baldomero López (known to his friends as “Baldy” despite having a ...
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50 states, 50 heroes: Taking charge at Cavalaire
Born Jan. 12, 1919, in Wilmington, Delaware, James Phillip Connor was working for the Allied Kid Leather Company ...
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Echoes of Iwo Jima: World War II veteran recounts deadly battle for Pacific island
On the morning of Feb. 19, 1945, U.S. Marines of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Marine Divisions of ...
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50 states, 50 heroes: Saving Spooky 71
Born on Nov. 1, 1945, in Hartford, Connecticut, John Lee Levitow planned to join the Navy in 1966 ...
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50 states, 50 heroes: A humble hero
Born May 19, 1918, in Pueblo, Colorado, William John Crawford was on his way to a potential career ...
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50 states, 50 heroes: A second chance
Born Nov. 19, 1938, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Louis Richard Rocco moved with his family to a housing ...
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50 states, 50 heroes: Hill 200
Born on Sept. 29, 1924, in Tichnor, Arkansas, Lloyd Leslie Burke dropped out of Henderson State Teachers College ...
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50 states, 50 heroes: The Arizona Kid
Born June 15, 1922, in Miami, Arizona, Manuel Verdugo Mendoza entered the U.S. Army in November 1942. After ...
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50 states, 50 heroes: Sudong firefight
Born March 17, 1925, in Juneau, Alaska Territory, Archie Van Winkle enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on ...
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50 states, 50 heroes: In the blink of an eye
Born on July 15, 1924, in Mobile, Alabama, Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. entered the United States Naval Academy ...
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Battle of the Bulge, Part 4: Winter hell
Read part 1 here: Autumn Fog Read part 2 here: Surprise Attack Read part 3 here: The Siege ...
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Battle of the Bulge, Part 3: The Siege of Bastogne
When the seriousness of the German attack became apparent, Eisenhower proceeded to call up reserve units to plug ...
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Battle of the Bulge, part 2: Surprise attack
In the early hours of Dec. 16, 1944, cloudy weather lay over the Ardennes Forest, an area of ...
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Battle of the Bulge, part 1: Autumn Fog
In December 1944, the Allies were winning World War II in Europe. Despite a few setbacks, the Western ...
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D-Day part 4: The aftermath
Read D-Day part one here: Planning Read D-Day part two here: Airborne assault Read D-Day part three here: The ...