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The remains of Army Sgt. Frank Tedone, a Connecticut man who died along with his entire bomber crew in WWII, are to be buried ...
In eastern India in 1944 ... a controversial British irregular warfare expert, Orde Wingate. Wingate had recently returned from a punishing guerrilla raid into Burma, though his irregular forces ...
China has been a source of fascination for much of my life, right from my childhood reading stories about the great country ...
Once the partition of Palestine was approved by the United Nations on November 29, 1947, the violence against the Jews intensified. The equivalent of a Red Cross medical convoy comprised of non-combat ...
Born on May 10, 1925, Hammond served in the British Army during World War II, fighting in battles across India and Burma. He vividly recalled witnessing the horrors of war, including the deaths of ...
Aid efforts following Myanmar’s earthquake reveal new fault lines in global power as Russia and the US edge closer—leaving China watching and wary of shifting dynamics.
From World War trenches to high-altitude patrols, and now well into their centenarian years, these warriors — my comrades, my ...
Afghanistan released U.S. citizen Faye Hall in March, after being held prisoner by the Taliban since February. The Taliban said Hall was ...
The rafters on the high ceilings, the worn stone staircase, the ornate elevator built by pioneers of British ... Indian Independence, the Partition, the nationalisation of banks, the end of World ...
While initially seeing some civilian and British government use ... known for its critical role in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater of World War II. It became a lifeline for Allied forces ...
Baggett's four-engine B-24 heavy bomber was assigned to the 10th Air Force, 7th Bomb Group's 9th Bomb Squadron, based at Pandaveswar in India. The unit normally flew very long missions, often ...