SAN MARINO, CA (AP).- During the final days of World War II, as American soldiers were returning from Germany with swastika-inscribed helmets, flags and other Nazi memorabilia, Gen. George Patton was packing up his own set of souvenirs. The legendary f…
National Archives to House Infamous Nazi World War II Papers
SAN MARINO, CA (AP).- During the final days of World War II, as American soldiers were returning from Germany with swastika-inscribed helmets, flags and other Nazi memorabilia, Gen. George Patton was packing up his own set of souvenirs. The legendary f…
70 Years on, Britain Remembers ‘The Few’
LONDON (AP).- Vintage World War II fighter planes flew over London Friday to pay tribute to “the few” — pilots who defended the country from German attack during the Battle of Britain. Between July and October 1940, Royal Air Force fighter squadr…
World War II Warplane Raised from California Reservoir
SAN DIEGO (AP).- Salvage divers have raised a rare World War II dive bomber from the bottom of a San Diego reservoir where it crashed 65 years ago and are waiting for a crane to lift it from the water’s edge and onto shore. The aircraft was brought t…
United States Museum Slams Romania for ‘Anti-Semitic’ Coin
BUCHAREST (AP).- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says the refusal of Romania’s central bank to withdraw a coin with an image of a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II is “insensitive” to the memory of H…
United States Museum Slams Romania for ‘Anti-Semitic’ Coin
BUCHAREST (AP).- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says the refusal of Romania’s central bank to withdraw a coin with an image of a prime minister who stripped Jews of their citizenship before World War II is “insensitive” to the memory of H…
Divers to Pull World War II Plane from California Reservoir
SAN DIEGO (AP).- It was a surprising image for the fisherman hoping to find bass on his electronic fish finder: The outline of an airplane submerged 85 feet below the surface of a San Diego reservoir. Navy divers later confirmed it was a rare World War…
Divers to Pull World War II Plane from California Reservoir
SAN DIEGO (AP).- It was a surprising image for the fisherman hoping to find bass on his electronic fish finder: The outline of an airplane submerged 85 feet below the surface of a San Diego reservoir. Navy divers later confirmed it was a rare World War…
Contemporary Jewish Museum to Show Rarely Seen Old Master Paintings
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents an exhibition of rarely seen Old Master paintings entitled Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker. Reclaimed reveals the extraordinary legacy of Jacques Goudstikker, a…
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library to Open in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (AP).- Three years after his death, pieces of Kurt Vonnegut’s life are coming together in his hometown, where a new library will chronicle the “Slaughterhouse Five” author’s harrowing World War II experiences and his works that struck a ch…