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The day World War II reached Andhra Pradesh: echoes of forgotten battle still linger across Vizag

The Hindu 16 May 2026
From pillboxes that emerge during low tide to coastal battery, wartime plaques and abandoned fortifications, Visakhapatnam continues to carry traces of World War II beneath its modern landscape ....
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Remains of World War II soldier from Indiana County returned home over 80 years after ...

WPXI 16 May 2026
INDIANA COUNTY — An emotional homecoming 82 years in the making for a US Army soldier killed in action during World War II ... Remains of World War II soldier from Indiana County returned home over 80 years after his death John Walko (WPXI/WPXI) ... .
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After 81 Years, Marine Killed in World War II Returns Home (San Mateo County, CA)

Public Technologies 16 May 2026
The assault began on June 15, 1944, in what became one of the largest and deadliest amphibious landings of World War II ... Still a child when her uncle went to war, she remembers him as playful and kind ... "It means the world to me," Green said.
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Presentation about World War II pilot from Lewiston planned ...

The Lewiston Tribune 15 May 2026
The life and military service of World War II pilot Lt ... .
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Formerly MIA World War II soldier laid to rest in eastern Illinois

Muscatine Journal 14 May 2026
Army Staff Sgt. Paul A. Gregg, who had been listed as missing in action in World War II, has been laid to rest at his family's Arcola gravesite ... .
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Manchester Marine accounted for from World War II

Union Leader 14 May 2026
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recently announced that U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Edgar R. Norcross, 18, of Manchester, who was killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 12, 2025 ....
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Meeting a notable World War II veteran

Courier Express 14 May 2026
That Saturday dawned a cold, sunny day in February ....
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Formerly MIA World War II soldier laid to rest in Arcola

The Pantagraph 12 May 2026
Army Staff Sgt. Paul A. Gregg, who had been listed as missing in action in World War II, has been laid to rest at his family's Arcola gravesite following the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's identification of his remains ... .
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This Man Spent Nearly Three Decades Believing World War II Was Still Happening

News18 12 May 2026
Japanese officer Hiroo Onoda continued carrying out military missions nearly three decades after World War II ended ....
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West rewriting World War II history - Moscow

Sott 11 May 2026
The West is busy rewriting the history of World War II, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated ahead of ...
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Today in History: May 26, the World War II Dunkirk evacuation begins

San Francisco Chronicle 11 May 2026
On May 26, 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II ... of immigrants from other parts of the world to 165,000 annually.
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81st anniversary of Soviet Union’s victory in World War II celebrated in Thiruvananthapuram

The Hindu 10 May 2026
The event featured an exhibition of photographs depicting key moments from the beginning of the war to the celebrations of victory ....
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