Today's WW2 News

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Ginny Moore gave her husband, Marcus Comer, an American soldier, a silver identification bracelet before he left the States for Europe during World War II. Comer was killed in action near Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, Belgium in January 1945. Moore was recently contacted by Lorenzo Maierna, a Belgian police officer who had found Marcus Corner's silver identification bracelet in a Belgian fox hole, to inform her of his discovery and request information regarding Marcus Comer for a museum he intends to open.

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Navy NewsStand: Navy Senior Archivist Helps Solve 57 Year Old "USS Eagle 56" Mystery

Fifty-eight years after the USS Eagle 56 sank, the US Navy reclassified the sinking as a combat loss after a naval historian and a Navy archivist gathered documentation and evidence proving that the Eagle 56 had been sunk just off the coast of Maine on April 23, 1945, the Navy's largest single combat loss in New England waters, by the U-853.

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US Coast Guard: Coast Guard Combat Victory

The Coast Guard website details the subsequent sinking of the U-853 off Narragansett Bay on May 5, 1945 by the navy warships Atherton, Amick and Ericsson and the Coast Guard frigate Moberly.

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Navy NewsStand: Periscope Reunited with WWII German U-boat

 

Atlanta Journal-Constituion: German WWII Vets Getting Proper Burials, 11-29-03

Reuters: Germany, Russia probe the fate of WWII prisoners, 11-30-03

 

I enjoyed reading the article from Reuters: Germany, Russia probe the fate of WWII prisoners. The Germans and Russians were so good at keeping good records on everybody that I am sure there are many great stories to be discovered over time as the records are read and processed. It is just a huge time consuming task to go through all the papers and figure out what is worth keeping and writting about and what is unimportant. Also translating German and Russian to English is no easy task either ! But at least some people are out there trying.

 

True TA152.

I hope the archivists in Germany, Russia and elsewhere are making use of modern technology to scan the old records to preserve them in a digital format. Also, once everything is digitized, it will hopefully be possible for all parties to create a joint database to compare records.

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Thanks for the original posting, Crapgame, which I'd almost overlooked.

Interesting news, indeed - here's hoping....

 

You're welcome Martin.

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Idaho Statesman: Man who saved lives in Nazi Germany dies at 88, 12-04-03

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Meridian Magazine: Missionary Journal; Whistling in the Dark

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The Record Herald, Local World War II vets credited with saving future president's life, 11-26-03

 

The Toldeo Blade: Mysterious suitcase is packed with tale of war-torn romance, 12-06-03

Members of the 12th Armored Division Association: Rolyan O Ellsworth, Devon, MT, 494th Arm Fd Art Bat , Bat B

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Times Ledger: An 83-year-old Polish Jew from Bayside and his brother were reunited at Kennedy Airport Tuesday night with the woman whose family hid them from the Nazis during World War II, 12-04-03

The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous: Stories of Moral Courage

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The Herald-Dispatch: Remember Pearl Harbor ... and the rest of the war; Descendants work to preserve legacy as WWII vets die off, 12-06-03

I found the story of Walter Carter, whose father Dr. Norval Carter was killed in Normandy in June 1944, especially noteworthy among the various stories recounted in this article. After discovering a pre-invasion notebook and post-invasion letters written by his father, Walter Carter found an account of his father's death written by Frank Wawrynovic, a wounded soldier his father had died trying to reach. Walter Carter and Frank Wawrynovic later travelled together to the battlefield where Norval Carter died, and to his grave in an American Military Cemetery in France.

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San Francisco Chronicle: Passing on the lessons from Pearl Harbor; Those who lived through the attack and WWII reflect on impact of war, 12-07-03

 

Thanks for the articles, Crapgame! It was good to know about all those personal stories.

I have a doubt here, didn't you have your general stars? What happened?

 

You're welcome Friedrich.

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Palm Beach Post: History textbooks: Painfully true or P.C.?, 12-07-03

This is a great article in which Dr. Porter Crow, a World War II veteran with a PhD in education, reviews how current textbooks treat the war. ... "Crow flips another page, reads another paragraph. He closes the book, slides it across the table. 'I was there,' he says. 'It just wasn't like this.'"

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Dunn County News: War stories... WWII vet shares his tales on public TV series, 12-11-03

Wisconsin veteran Bob Swanson recounts his wartime experiences in France and Germany with the 42nd Infantry Division.

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The Oregonian: Bill will seek Medal of Honor for ace; Legislation will propose the award for Rex T. Barber, an Oregon ace who helped down an admiral's aircraft, 12-11-03

Rex Barber was one of the fliers who shot down Admiral Yamamoto's plane in 1943. Barber and his fellow fliers were not acknowledged for their valor at the time, because their mission was made possible by US codebreakers listening in to Japanese communications. An Oregon legislator is seeking belated acknowledgment for Barber and others today.

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Richmond Times-Dispatch: <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031772606144&path=!news&s=1045855934842" target="_blank">
Survivor of WWII massacre dies; Leon T. Scarbrough spoke of Malmedy only in his final years</a>, 12-14-03

Leon Scarbrough, an officer of the 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion, the unit which fell victim the Malmedy Massacre, has passed away at the age of 89.

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The Express-Times: Veteran relates war experiences; Former soldier was held by Germans as POW until freed by Russian army., 12-13-03

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Guam Pacific Daily News: Teach: Guam's World War II legacy won't endure if it's not passed on, 12-09-03

Guam has honored the 12 Chamorros killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with a memorial and a call is issued for Guam's contribution to the victory over Japan and its wartime occupation by Japanese forces to be included in US World War II history textbooks.

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Mineral Daily News-Tribune: Youth learn about World War II from survivors, 12-08-03

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WLS-TV: Six decades later, work on World War II memorial to begin, 12-06-03

The State of Illinois is building a World War II Memorial to honor the 987,000 Illinoisans who fought in the war, and the 22,000 Illinoisans who died during the war.

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Philadelphia Inquirer: Friends pay tribute to a WWII soldier, 90; Sid Saloman survived D-Day in his 30s and rowed competitively in his 80s. Now, he's fighting cancer., 12-15-03

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Computers Reunite Holocaust Survivors, 12-15-03

 

Green Bay Press Gazette: World War II Remembered, 12-14-03

Summaries of war-related news stories run by the newspaper in 1943. Fascinating stuff.

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The Sun-Sentinel: Russian Man, 104, Becomes U.S. Citizen, 12-17-03

A 104 year-old veteran of the Battle of Leningrad becomes an American citizen.

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Hilltop Times: World War II hero re-enlists 419th reservist, 12-18-03

Salt Lake Tribune: VA hospital to be named after a local war veteran, 11-24-03

US Pacific Fleet Onilne: Pharmacists Mate Second Class George E. Wahlen, United States Navy

The first two links are to recent articles regarding George Wahlen, a Medal of Honor recipient who served as a Navy corpsman on Iwo Jima and during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He recently administered the oath of enlistment to an Air Force reservist and was honored by the Veterans Administration which named a hospital after him. The Navy link is to George Wahlen's Medal of Honor citation.

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Washington Post: Two Men, One Evil, 12-15-03

The author recalls an OSS interrogator who questioned suspected Arrow Cross war criminals in 1945 and reflects on Saddam's treatment following his capture.

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The Virginian-Pilot: Va. studies whether war-hero deductions are fraud or error, 12-06-03

Four of the 132 living recipients of the Medal of Honor reside in Virginia, a state which provides a tax deduction to Medal of Honor recipients and where more than 500 taxpayers have claimed to be Medal of Honor recipients.

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