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B-24 Liberator: The Forgotten World War II Bomber
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a key Allied heavy bomber in World War II, was the most produced combat aircraft in history ...
In 1968, a Minnesota insurance salesman named Ralph Plaisted was sitting in a bar, talking to a friend about snowmobiles. His friend said that if snowmobiles were so great, he should be able to ride ...
The remains of a Livermore native and U.S. Army bombardier who died during World War II were finally returned to his hometown last weekend after more than 80 years of being lost at sea.
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr., a 22-year-old Livermore resident and World War II bombardier, was shot down over Hansa ...
Four crew members’ remains are beginning to return to their hometowns after a remarkable investigation by family members and a recovery mission involving elite Navy divers.
Crystal Falls resident Brenda Bergman comes from a military family, and five of her relatives — including her father, her ...
WWII airman Thomas V. Kelly Jr.'s remains return to the Bay Area after 81 years for a Memorial Day funeral with full military ...
“After 80 years, this great soldier has come home to rest,” Darrigan’s great niece, Susan Pineiro, told mourners at his ...
As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the ...