Okinawa’s ground battle began April 1, 1945, when four American divisions simultaneously assaulted the 65-mile-long island. With two U.S. Marine and two U.S. Army divisions debarking, the attack was one of the Pacific theater’s largest amphibious assaults. U.S. commanders, however, were planning another Pacific D-Day, one that would far exceed Okinawa and the Philippines’ invasions […]
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Austin Bay: Remagen Bridge: A lesson in American initiative
The March 7, 1945, seizure of the Rhine River’s Remagen Bridge by a U.S. Army task force is an outstanding example of individual and organizational initiative and carefully assessed aggressiveness. A lesson in leader intuition, one with application to politics and business as well as battle, lies within the operation’s deep history. The moment of […]
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R. Miller: Remembering Iwo Jima
I was a Marine on Iwo Jima for 35 days and saw the flag go up. I read Austin Bay’s column (Feb. 27) about the battle there at Iwo Jima. Then I cried. Raymond Miller, Paris
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Film fest in L-A ‘relevant for every audience’
AUBURN — The 10th-anniversary screening of a film based on a poem by renowned Lewiston painter Marsden Hartley will kick off the second annual Emerge Film Festival. The festival will be held over four days on April 9-12 at various venues in Lewiston and Auburn. Less than 20 percent of the more than 200 submissions […]
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World War II veterans from New Vineyard receive war medals
NEW VINEYARD — For their sacrifices to protect American freedoms, Francis Bliss of New Vineyard and his late wife, 2nd Lt. Frances Bliss, were recently presented with their World War II medals in a ceremony at the New Vineyard Public Library. State Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton, who gave Bliss his medals along with state Rep. […]
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Lewiston native finds album of her family’s WWII sacrifice
BRUNSWICK — Louise Haggett flipped through the pages of her grandmother’s album, pausing and choking up as she re-read the words of an uncle she never knew. Other pages of the album would mark Paul Gousse’s injury in New Guinea and his death in an Australian hospital. Western Union telegrams — both beginning with the […]
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WWII vet, farmer recognized by Livermore townspeople
LIVERMORE — Don Jordan’s life experiences have taken him to the front lines in Europe as a scout in World War II, to a hospital laboratory and to his farm to breed Scottish highland cattle. The town of Livermore recognized the 88-year-old Jordan for his contributions to the town and to America with the 2014 […]
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Cal Thomas: D-Day details unfamiliar for too many
Given the numerous studies revealing how American education lags behind instruction in other countries in disciplines once thought to be essential, it should come as no surprise that on the 70th anniversary of D-Day, a lot of people are clueless about central elements of the Allied invasion of the European continent on June 6, 1944. […]
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Lewiston man to receive overdue Bronze Star from WWII
AUBURN (AP) — A World War II veteran is getting long-overdue medals on the 70th anniversary of the allied in invasion of France. Sen. Susan Collins is using the D-Day anniversary to present the Bronze Star, World War II Victory Medal and others to Louis Roberge of Lewiston. Collins helped him obtain the medals, which […]
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World War II veterans to be recognized with free dinner in Jay
JAY — Members of the VFW Post 3335 are offering a free dinner on Friday, June 6, to World War II veterans in recognition of the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Dinners for veterans’ spouses are $5 per person. The beef tips dinner begins at 5 p.m. at the post hall at the intersection of Jewell […]