News

Harry Humason, who helped liberate Europe from the Nazis, was shocked when hundreds of grateful Czech citizens donated to pay ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A webpage detailing the history of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team has ... its size and length of service. The World War II unit was made up mostly of second generation ...
It was here, separated only by the few yards’ span of a tennis court, that the British, Indians and Japanese fought in a World War II battle ... s regimental cap badge — a rhino.
S.H.F.J Manekshaw was posted in the 4th Battalion of the 12th Frontier Force as a Captain in Burma and witnessed action during World War II when the ... the Japanese 1/215 Regiment emerged from ...
Although Robert Oppenheimer’s signature porkpie hat is the most iconic piece of costume design in “Oppenheimer,” there’s another detail that shows up in many scenes: the white K-6 badge on ...
The battle of the Kohima Ridge and the biggest battle of the Indo-Burma front has ended ... A well-known West County Regiment and a Home Counties Regiment covered themselves with glory.
He told troops at a special ceremony in Northern Ireland: "For all of us, without doubt, there will be great sadness as we wear our cap badge for the final time. "I have no doubt that the Royal ...
To someone who was enslaved on the Thai-Burma Railway, a humble lane in a ... and says he is as "happy as a lark" But for 101-year-old World War II veteran Keith Fowler, who was recently ...
Gilbert Howland, who commanded a machine gun unit with the famed Merrill’s Marauders in Burma during World War II and went on to earn Combat Infantry Badges in Korea and Vietnam, died Thursday ...
"Our local regiment the Border Regiment had three battalions fighting in Burma, 2nd Battalion 4th Battalion and the 9th Battalion the Border Regiment." Ian said his book and talk are a 'memorial ...