Nurse in Iconic World War II Kiss Photograph Dies
A former nurse who inadvertently became part of an iconic World War Two photograph when she locked lips with a celebrating US sailor has died, her family confirmed Wednesday.
American Veterans Stories, Honoring our Veterans, Remembering Our Veterans
American Veterans Stories, Honoring our Veterans, Remembering Our Veterans
Archive for 'WWII'
Interesting Notes: The History of the Veterans Administration
VETERAN’S HISTORY:
1789 – A law was passed to give money to soldiers who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
1861 – The Civil War broke out. The number of Union veterans grew from 80,000 to 2 million!
Honoring World War II Army Veteran William Hase
William Hase-1/13/1921 – N/A, Branch: Army, Rank: Corporal, Outfit: 96th Division…
Honoring Lowell B. (Bud) Love, World War II Veteran
10/10/1923 – N/A, Branch: Navy, Rank: Photographer Mate 2nd Class, Outfit: VG, Service Dates: 1942 – 1946, Veteran Station: Johnson
Remembering Veterans and Their Stories
My name is Nicholas Rider. I’m 14 and last year I published my first book. How’s that? you ask. Well, it started with my grandfather. Grandpa was a veteran of World War II, and maybe because I loved building model airplanes, I always used to ask him about what he’d done in the war. He was pretty modest about it. “Not a whole lot,” he said.