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A chart of the western Pacific that shows the Indianapolis' path from Guam to her reported sinking location, with a dashed line to indicate the intended route to the Philippines.

Cost Of War: Veterans Remember USS Indianapolis, Shark Attacks

Jul 26, 2015
After delivering the atomic bomb for the U.S. attack on Hiroshima 70 years ago, the Indianapolis was torpedoed and sank. Its story has been all but forgotten, but 32 survivors are having a reunion.
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In this 1942 file photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Japanese soldiers stand guard over American prisoners of war just before the start of the Bataan Death March following the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Some of those who survived the d

Japan's Mitsubishi Apologizes For Using U.S. POWs As Forced Labor In WWII

Jul 19, 2015
A senior executive personally said sorry to James Murphy, 94, who was forced to work in one of the company's copper mines, something Murphy described as "slavery in every way."
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This is a photo taken in the town of Smell No Taste, where a teenager died of Ebola this past week. The home where he passed away is now under quarantine.

Yes, There Really Is A Town In Liberia Called 'Smell No Taste'

Jul 02, 2015
It's the place where a teenager died of Ebola this week. And like all unusual geographic names, it's got a story behind it.
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Henri Matisse's <em>Seated Woman </em>was found in an apartment in Munich.

Looted By The Nazis, Matisse's 'Seated Woman' Finally Finds Her Way Home

May 15, 2015
The painting belonged to renowned art dealer Paul Rosenberg, who fled the Nazis in 1940. The story of its recovery reads like a historical crime novel.
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American GIs line up in the street in Troina, Sicily, utensils and dishes in hand, as they wait for a meal from a large pot, July 1943. Oregano grows abundantly in southern Italy, where many GIs encountered the herb for the first time, and fell in love.

GIs Helped Bring Freedom To Europe, And A Taste For Oregano To America

May 09, 2015
Now ubiquitous, oregano was a rarity in U.S. cuisine before World War II. But the GIs who encountered it in Sicily fell for the herb, especially in pizza, fueling a boom in Italian-American cuisine.
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The new Russian Armata T-14 tank shown during the Victory Day military parade in the Red Square in Moscow, on Saturday.

Russia Celebrates WWII Victory Over Germany

May 09, 2015
Casualties for Soviet Russia far exceeded other allies arrayed against the Nazis. An estimated 24 million soldiers and civilians were killed.
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Actors dressed as World War II Soviet Red Army soldiers take a break during rehearsals Thursday at Red Square ahead of Saturday's celebrations.

At Russia's Huge WWII Remembrance, An Absence Of Western Leaders

May 08, 2015
A decade ago, President George W. Bush was among the Western leaders who visited Moscow for the occasion. Today, the event highlights the friction between Russia and the West.
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Vassilis Pergantas, center, first met his wife Claudia when she visited Distomo, Greece, on a trip with her youth group from Nuremberg, Germany. Despite the massacre committed by the Nazis in the village, Claudia says her husband's family has been very w

As Greeks And Germans Negotiate Debt, Reparations Issues Resurface

Apr 18, 2015
Greece says Germany owes it billions of dollars for its World War II occupation by the Nazis. The German government says it has already paid, but some Germans feel more should be done.
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President Obama and Vice President Biden visit with Lucy Coffey in the Vice President's Office of the White House on July 25, 2014.

Nation's Oldest Female Veteran Dies At 108

Mar 20, 2015
Lucy Coffey joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps two years after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
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An old aqueduct cuts across the camp, which is now overgrown with weeds and brush.

Once Lost, Internment Camp In Hawaii Now A National Monument

Mar 16, 2015
The camp was created under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It held as many as 4,000 prisoners, including hundreds of Japanese-American citizens. The camp's location was recently rediscovered.
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A valve on the Musashi.

Japanese World War II Battleship Musashi Found, Billionaire Paul Allen Says

Mar 04, 2015
The Microsoft co-founder says his team found the ship's wreckage in the Sibuyan Sea off the Philippines. The vessel was sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.
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Louisiana Rep. Gene Reynolds addressed union members from six parishes on the status of a proposed open burn during a recent AFL-CIO meeting in Shreveport, 30 miles from Camp Minden.

EPA Push For Massive Munitions Burn Ignites Opposition In Louisiana

Feb 03, 2015
Bayou State residents are upset about the health risks of EPA's plan, while government leaders are running against the clock to dispose of the unsafe and deteriorating artillery propellant.
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Pvt. Arthur "Bud" Kelder served as a dental assistant in the Army during World War II.

Family's Long Fight With Pentagon Returns Name To Unknown Soldier

Jan 27, 2015
The remains of Arthur "Bud" Kelder, a WWII soldier featured in a NPR/ProPublica investigation, have been identified by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command. The move comes after years spent in court.
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WWII Japanese American Veterans Reunite in Las Vegas

Apr 23, 2012
Every year, WWII veterans from the 442nd Regiment of the U.S.
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Defying Evil: How the Italian Army Saved Holocaust Jews

Mar 29, 2012
It's a little-known story: how the Italian army saved Croatian Jews during the Holocaust.  Ben Wood stumbled across that line in a history book, and he started digging deeper.
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The Japanese Internment Legacy, 70 Years Later

Feb 17, 2012
On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D.
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Discovering Long-Lost Picasso Photos

Dec 09, 2011

Richard Ham is a prolific, longtime photographer, who snapped photos of everyone from the Queen of England to Winston Churchill.  So he didn't think much of the long-lost negatives he took of a painter named Pablo Picasso.

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