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800 Dead in 8 Days of Hell - Remagen’s Bridge of Blood
On March 7, 1945, American forces of the 9th Armored Division made a stunning breakthrough—they captured the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen intact, giving the Allies an unexpected crossing over the ...
TWA Flight 800 families finding peace in return to memorial at Smith Point County Park
The TWA Flight 800 memorial serves as a tribute to the victims, offering families a place to grieve and remember their loved ...
Eight decades later, a Holocaust survivor reunites with his liberator
Jack Moran entered Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945 to help liberate more than 21,000 people imprisoned there. Among the prisoners was Andrew Roth, a Jewish Hungarian teenager who had ...
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The atomic nightmare turns 80: How Catholics reacted to the arrival of nuclear bombs
July 16 marks 80 years since the first atomic bomb was detonated. The specter of nuclear annihilation has been with us ever ...
Opinion
‘Catching it on our tongues’: How 12 girls became the first atomic bomb victims
July 16 is the 80th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb test. At 5:30 a.m. on that date in 1945, 12 young girls attending a summer camp in Ruidoso, New Mexico, were jolted out of their bunks ...