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Civil War era house vandalized

A Civil War-era house in Mississippi where Ulysses S. Grant launched a major campaign has been vandalized. (FOX)- A press release Thursday from Mississippi’s Department of Archives and History says thieves took four wooden support beams from the 200-year-old home on a Civil War battlefield. The damage at the Shaifer House was discovered April 1 […]

Touching WWI letters never seen before on display at Smithsonian

At the end of World War I, Gen. John J. Pershing – commander of the American Expeditionary Forces – penned a letter to every service member who served under him, expressing a heartfelt gratitude and deep respect for their sacrifice, courage and bravery. (FOX)- Pershing begins the letter: “My fellow soldiers…” to those Americans for […]

ID bracelet lost by US soldier during WWII found in France

An identification bracelet lost by a soldier from central New York more than 70 years ago has been found near the beaches of Normandy. (FOX)- WSTM-TV in Syracuse reports (http://bit.ly/2nHyhUy ) Army Sgt. John Hill, of Syracuse, landed in France on June 7, 1944, a day after the Allied invasion began. Somewhere along the way, […]

‘Carlos the Jackal’ gets third life sentence for 1974 attack on Paris store

The man known as “Carlos the Jackal” was sentenced to life in prison for the third time by a French court for the deadly 1974 attack on a Paris shopping arcade. (FOX)- The Venezuelan-born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez was found guilty for throwing a grenade onto a crowded area, killing two and injuring 32. He is […]

Bomb experts remove Civil War cannon balls from museum

Bomb disposal experts removed four Civil War-era artillery rounds from Virginia’s Siege Museum after X-rays showed several artillery rounds stored there are capable of exploding. (FOX)- News outlets report that two cannon balls and two Parrott artillery shells were removed Wednesday afternoon from storage at the museum, which depicts how residents of Petersburg lived before, […]

Pearl Harbor Navy salvage diver dies at 103

Ken Hartle, who as a Navy diver during World War II had the grim task of retrieving bodies from ships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 103. (FOX)- Hartle died Tuesday afternoon at an Escondido, California, center for people with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, the San Diego Union-Tribune (http://bit.ly/2jnUNzC) reported […]

Class ring lost by WWII vet 73 years ago returned to family

The family of a deceased World War II veteran from New Jersey has been reunited with his 1938 class ring, lost 73 years ago while he was serving in the South Pacific. (FOX)- Nearly 50 people gathered Thursday at Audubon High School for the ceremonial return of Edward J. Dodds’ ring after it was discovered in Papua New Guinea in 2013. Dodds’ five children were at the ceremony, […]

D.B. Cooper may have worked for Boeing, New evidence suggests

A team of scientists selected by federal officials in Seattle have come across new evidence in the mystery of D.B. Cooper. (FOX)- The Citizen Sleuths have been analyzing particles found on the clip-on-tie that Cooper left behind after he hijacked a Northwest Orient airplane in November 1971. Tom Kaye, the lead researcher of the group, […]

Remains of US WW II airmen may have been found in the Himalayas

Department of Defense officials may have found the remains of U.S. servicemen missing since their aircraft crashed in the Himalayas during World War II. (FOX)- U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) visited two sites in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh in the search for remains, a DPAA spokesman told FoxNews.com. Aircraft carrying the […]

Nevada veteran finally awarded with Medal of Honor

A Nevada Army veteran who died without knowing he won the nation’s highest medal of bravery received the honor he’s been owed for nearly 140 years in a ceremony on Monday. (FOX)- Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei held an event at his Reno office to present a new Medal of Honor to Jerry Reynolds, the 82-year-old […]