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STORM TRACKER Forecasting the War
At a recent speaking engagement I had the opportunity to have a brief but fascinating conversation with a World War II veteran that was a meteorologist in the Pacific Theatre during the war. Even wi...
Posted on 4/6/12 at 8:47 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND is next host site for U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit on Nazi persecution of homosexuals
The University of North Dakota Center for Human Right and Genocide Studies, along with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, is proud to announce that a traveling exhibition that uncovers and explores N...
Posted on 2/28/12 at 2:53 PM
THE FLENSBURGER FILES Dresden Neumarkt: The Medieval Market
Moving on from the markets in the outer portion of Dresden, we come to the Christmas market in Dresdens Neumarkt, one of two major Christmas markets in Dresden's Altstadt. The market is loca...
Posted on 12/23/11 at 7:04 PM
FATHER KNOWS LAST American Rallying Cries (Remember Pearl Harbor)
Remember the Alamo was the Texan's rallying cry during their war with the Mexicans. The Mexicans laid siege on the small Texan mission and eventually massacred everyone inside. This lack of mercy serv...
Posted on 12/7/10 at 8:51 PM
MODERN-DAY JANE A lovely day to curl up with a good read...
Because I'm a slacker, I did not report on our October book club meeting, and now we've had another, so this will be a BONUS! DOUBLE ISSUE! (Doesn't that make it feel more special instead of just the ...
Posted on 11/30/10 at 5:18 PM
Japanese mayor: Wartime sex slaves were necessary 
The Japanese military's forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline" in the ranks and provide rest for soldiers who risked their lives in battle, an outspoken politician said in comments raising ire with Japan's neighbors.
By Malcolm Foster , May 14, 2013
Busy saving the world: Lecture looks at WWII role of North Dakota National Guard regiment
Lecture will present the history of North Dakota’s 164th Infantry Regiment at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Chester Fritz Library at UND.
By Kevin Bonham , April 02, 2013
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Infantry regiment plans WWII presentation
A presentation on a North Dakota National Guard unit’s role during World War II will be held Tuesday at UND.
By Herald Staff Report , March 31, 2013
Film documents WW II vets’ flights to see memorial for their war
Jerry Joyce made his flight in 2009, and he still gets choked up about it. “When we left Grand Forks, there were Air Force and National Guard people there who carried our bags,” he said. “They treated us like we were really special.” That was the plan.
By Chuck Haga , February 07, 2013
North Dakota senators honor World War II vet
A North Dakota man who served in the Army during World War II is being honored. Sens. John Hoeven and Kent Conrad presented Pvt. First Class Kenneth Johnson with his military decorations during a ceremony Tuesday.
By Associated Press , July 03, 2012
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World War II paratrooper honored at reunion in Mott, N.D.
A Mott native who served with the U.S. Army during World War II has been posthumously presented the Bronze Star Medal during a family reunion. Sen. John Hoeven and his wife, Mikey, joined members of the North Dakota National Guard and the Friedt family in Mott to honor Pvt. Tony A. Friedt.
By Associated Press , June 23, 2012
Evacuation of German city called off after suspected bomb found to be sewer pipe
German authorities have scrapped plans to cordon off part of the city of Stuttgart and shut its main station after discovering a suspected World War II bomb was actually an old water pipe.
By Associated Press , March 25, 2012
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WWII-era bomb discovered near French port; civilians evacuated
Officials in Marseille have evacuated an area around the French Mediterranean city's port so they can remove a 1-ton German bomb that dates to World War II. Around 1,000 people were asked to clear out Sunday. Boat traffic has been halted and access to several coastal roads blocked. The bomb will be taken to a military base to be detonated.
By Associated Press , March 18, 2012
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OBIT: John Demjanjuk, 91, convicted Nazi death camp guard, Ohio autoworker
John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name — a legal battle that had not yet ended when he died Saturday at age 91 — made him one of the best-known faces of Nazi prosecutions.
By David Rising , March 18, 2012
Film tonight is part of Nazi Holocaust exhibit at UND
The documentary “Paragraph 175” will be shown at 7 tonight at UND Memorial Union Lecture Bowl in conjunction with an exhibit at UND on the Nazi persecution of homosexuals before and during World War II.
By Herald Staff Report , March 05, 2012
$2 million expected haul from inherited comic collection
The collection includes 44 of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide's list of top 100 issues from comics' golden age. "The scope of this collection is, from a historian's perspective, dizzying," said J.C. Vaughn, associate publisher of Overstreet.
By Jamie Stengle , February 22, 2012
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Dallas school excludes girls from screening of movie
When 5,700 fifth-grade boys in Dallas' public schools recently went to see a movie about black fighter pilots in World War II, the girls stayed in school and saw a different movie instead.
By Nomaan Merchant , February 10, 2012
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Jim Przedzienkowski, Evensville, Tenn., letter: Poland endured staggering losses in WWII
More than 6 million Polish citizens died in World War II, including about 2.2 million children and adolescents.
By Jim Przedzienkowski , February 10, 2012
Ross Hartsough, Grand Forks, letter: Holocaust study helps counter intolerance
I will provide a very, very brief explanation of the publicity surrounding the shoah (Holocaust). Two words: Never again.
By Ross Hartsough , February 10, 2012
Gary Johnson, Mekinock, N.D., letter: Holocaust claimed many races, ethnicities
More space and time is given to the latest Hollywood star’s alcohol and drug problems than to the brave men and women fighting tyranny on foreign soils.
By Gary Johnson , February 05, 2012
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