96-year-old WWII vet finally receives high school diploma after draft cut his senior year short
The 96-year-old World War II veteran finally got his high school diploma (complete with graduation cap and tassel), decades after his final year was cut short by the draft. Arthur Masterson of Warwick, Rhode Island, was surprised when he received an official letter from his East Greenwich school as a Christmas present from his family. […]
‘Masters of the Air’ star Austin Butler trained with B-17 pilots for role in WWII miniseries
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Contractor finds WWII grenade hidden behind wall while remodeling bathroom
A contractor recently came across a historic discovery while renovating a customer's bathroom in Seattle, Washington. Vadim Kharkhavyy, who works for Polar Bear Construction, was tearing out the bathtub when he noticed a grenade “between the studs,” KIRO 7 News reported Wednesday. “My first thought was to get out of there,” Harkavy told the station. […]
On this day in history, January 19, 2000, Hedy Lamarr dies — ‘beautiful’ Hollywood actress, WWII inventor
On this day in history, January 19, 2000, the brilliant bombshell Hedy Lamarr, an Austrian-born Hollywood favorite who built a parallel career as a pioneer in weapons and communications technology in World War II. died in She was 85 years old. Lamarr was described as “the most beautiful woman in film” by Louis B. Mayer, […]
France Sees Lowest Number of Births Since WWII
Birth numbers in France have fallen to their lowest levels since World War II, a grim sign of demographic collapse in the West. numbers A report released this week by the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee) found that 678,000 babies were born in France last year, 48,000 fewer than in 2022 and […]
US Court Rules Jewish Family Can’t Have Painting Nazis Looted From Their Ancestor During WWII, Court Documents Say
A California appellate court has ruled that a painting looted by the Nazis from a Jewish family will not be returned to the family and will be kept in a Spanish museum, court documents said Tuesday. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena applied California's choice of law test in holding that an 1897 […]
On this day in history, January 6, 1941, FDR delivers Four Freedoms speech, steeling Americans for WWII
On this day in history, in his State of the Union address on January 6, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued a dramatic call to the American people to protect and defend four universal ideals of humanity: went. This speech came amidst a terrifying and seemingly unstoppable march of military tyranny around the world. FDR's […]