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Fallen Alaskan Firefighters Honored on 9-11
Channel 2 NewsJust as 9-11 ushered in the war on terror, the attack on Pearl Harbor ushered in World War II 60 years earlier. Just before the attack, as Alaska fortified its coast against the Japanese, four army fireman died as they attempted to put out a grass fire...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Ansell Limited, Fires, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Twisted steel from World Trade Center a solemn reminder of terrorist attacks
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comMichelle Ross said she took her three young children to see a piece of history at City Park on Monday. Although Ross’ twin daughters, Alivia and Lauren, are only 3, and her son, George, is just a toddler, she said she wanted them to see the Sept....Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Human Interest, Aircraft Hijacking, Transportation Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice
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Big day for WW2 vets -- D-Day, Midway anniversaries
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsBeneath gray skies, aging South Florida veterans gathered to mark two pivotal World War II events on Wednesday -- the 70th anniversary of the battle of Midway in the Pacific and the 68th anniversary of D-Day, the launch of the......Tags: Armed Forces, Military Equipment, Korean War (1950-1953), Nazi Party, World War II (1939-1945)
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Remembering Pearl Harbor attack 70 years later
Seventy years ago on Wednesday, one of the world's great paradises became one of the world's most hellish flashpoints.
Even if you've been to Oahu's Pearl Harbor, paid your respects and thought you had seen it all, think again. The $56-million Pearl...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Human Interest, National Parks, Japan
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Flashback update: Bears game on Dec. 7, 1941
One mystery about Dec. 7, 1941, remained after scrubbing the Tribune's coverage of that fateful day: How did fans who were at the Chicago Bears-Chicago Cardinals game hear about the attack? The newspaper is silent on the matter. Luckily for Chicago...Tags: Chicago Bears, Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, National Football League, U.S. Cellular Field
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Pearl Harbor attack galvanizes city
The shocking news from Pearl Harbor interrupted a Bears broadcast.
Many Chicagoans learned of the surprise attack 70 years ago this week when WGN Radio's Ward Quaal broke into the transmission of the Chicago Bears-Chicago Cardinals game at about 1:30 p....Tags: Radio, Disasters and Accidents, Japan, WGN, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Charles Higham dies at 81; controversial celebrity biographer
Charles Higham, a poet, critic and prolific celebrity biographer who found political and sexual intrigue in the lives of Hollywood icons such as Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich and, most controversially, Errol Flynn, died April 21 at his Los Angeles home. He...Tags: Orson Welles, World War II (1939-1945), Florenz Ziegfeld, U.S. Department of State, Ava Gardner
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Men Of War: Brothers Heading To D.C. To Be Honored At WW II Memorial
The Hartford CourantWhen you are 93, tomorrow is hoped for but never promised. So, when John Cyrulik got the news in January that he and dozens of other veterans would get a chance to visit the World War II Memorial inWashington, D.C., in May his reaction was mixed. He was...Tags: Norwich, Armed Forces, World War II (1939-1945), Human Interest, Travel
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Memories of Pearl Harbor
![Retirees now living in South Florida remember what it was like 70 years ago when Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, including a veteran who was a security officer on "the day that will live in infamy."](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/121975480-07081046.jpg "Retirees now living in South Florida remember what it was like 70 years ago when Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, including a veteran who was a security officer on "the day that will live in infamy.\"")
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Ron Kaye: Learning the lesson of the 9/11 tragedy
It was just before 2:30 in the afternoon of Sunday Dec. 7, 1941 when a New York radio station interrupted the broadcast of the New York Giants football game with a shocking news bulletin: The Japanese had staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S....Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Radio, Terrorism, Entertainment, NBC (tv network)
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Taken for Granted: Digging into the Dorie Miller story
A late-February lunch conversation turned to the subject of Black History Month, and specifically to a man named Doris Miller. That's right, his first name was Doris; but to friends and anyone wishing to avoid his wrath, it had better be Dorie. An...Tags: Weaponry, African-American History Month, Entertainment, Sports, Firearms
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Tropico Perspective: It's time to reclaim our values
We have lived with 9/11 for 10 years today. I was in Florida on a business trip, scheduled to fly out that afternoon for Los Angeles when I woke in time to watch the second plane hit the World Trade Center Tower. From that moment on, our nation changed....Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Politics, Ethics, Constitutional Issues, Values
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