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    April 20, 2018
    Unexploded WWII bomb forces mass evacuation in Berlin
    BERLIN - Other countries may have hurricanes, blizzards or flooding that regularly shut down major transport hubs. Germany, meanwhile, is still dealing with the legacy of a war the country launched itself: thousands of unexploded bombs, hidden beneath one of Europe's busiest cities...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 20, 2018 - 9:40am
    February 12, 2018
    London City Airport cancels all flights after discovery of huge WWII bomb
    LONDON — Harried commuters here have heard it all. Delays due to nasty weather, terrorist attacks, endless repairs. But here's a fresh one: All flights to and from London City Airport were canceled Monday after an unexploded World War II bomb was found buried in the muck in the...
    news/worldFebruary 12, 2018 - 12:04pm
    December 7, 2017
    Jerry Yellin in 2015, after attending the Air and Space Conference and National Convention in Washington. Courtesy of the United States Department of Defense.
    This fighter pilot flew the last mission over Japan in WWII. Then he learned to love his enemy.
    It was Aug. 13, 1945, four days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Japan had suffered unimaginable destruction, but Emperor Hirohito...
    newsDecember 7, 2017 - 10:31am
    November 11, 2017
    World War II veteran, Bill Killian, 98, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, in Woodbury, Minn., talks about his war experiences, including surviving a Japanese kamikaze attack. Jean Pieri / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    WWII vet shares story of surviving kamikaze attack
    WOODBURY, Minn. — Bill Killian saw it coming. During the Battle of Okinawa, fighter planes whipped up a whirlwind of bullets high above Killian's...
    community/peopleNovember 11, 2017 - 5:30am
    September 1, 2017
    A tent covers the area around an unexploded British World War Two bomb which was found during renovation work on the university's campus in Frankfurt, Germany, September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
    Frankfurt to evacuate thousands as huge WWII bomb defused
    FRANKFURT - Frankfurt city officials have warned that Germany's financial capital could grind to a halt on Monday, Sept. 4, if residents don't...
    newsSeptember 1, 2017 - 12:45pm
    July 15, 2017
    A horse-drawn caisson carries the remains of Marine Sgt. James Hubert to the site of the funeral at Calvary Cemetery in Duluth Saturday morning. (Clint Austin / Forum News Service)play button
    'The ultimate sacrifice'
    DULUTH — After leaving Duluth nearly 75 years ago to become a U.S. Marine, Sgt. James Joseph Hubert came home on Saturday. "In terms of...
    newsJuly 15, 2017 - 8:00pm
    July 14, 2017
    Holocaust survivor Judy Meisel holds a photo of her parents Osser Beker (father) and Mika Beker (mother) that was taken around 1938. Judy's mother Mina died in the gas chamber at Stutthof concentration camp on the Baltic coast in late 1944 or early 1945. (Jerry Holt/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)
    Minnesota woman is last who can tell of Nazi concentration camp horrors
    MINNEAPOLIS — The Nazi hunters from Germany were midway through a four-hour interview with Judith Meisel when they pulled out a photo of a...
    newsJuly 14, 2017 - 10:35am
    July 12, 2017
    Mary Hagen of Duluth holds a photo of her brother James Hubert, a World War II vet who died in battle in the South Pacific Island of Tarawa. DNA testing identified his long-lost remains that will be brought home to be buried this summer. Bob King / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Long lost Duluth Marine to be interred on Saturday
    DULUTH, Minn. — After shipping off to the Pacific theater following the attack of Pearl Harbor, U.S. Marine Sgt. James Joseph Hubert was...
    newsJuly 12, 2017 - 11:36pm
    July 6, 2017
    U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar presents Catherine Tauer with the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals that her late husband Staff Sergeant Gerald Jacobsen earned during World War II. S. M. Chavey / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    His remains finally identified, the wife of a deceased WWII soldier from Minnesota receives his medals
    ROSEVILLE, Minn. — For nearly 73 years, Catherine Tauer waited. At first, she hoped her husband, a World War II soldier, would come home alive....
    newsJuly 6, 2017 - 8:51pm
    May 8, 2017
    Unused dairy ration coupons: What is their story?
    I don't remember where or when I got a book of unused dairy ration coupons, just that I've had them a long time. Every time I glance at them...
    newsMay 8, 2017 - 6:34am
    October 1, 2015
    Betty Wall Strohfus, 95, flew ‘em all in World War II as a Women’s Air Force Service Pilot: “Raise your hand out there if anyone flew a Stearman. Good at doing acrobats,” she joshed the audience Wednesday at the MinnWest Auditorium in Willmar. (RAND MIDDLETON | TRIBUNE)play button
    A love for flying and high places
    WILLMAR — It was a training run, to simulate an enemy plane on a strafing run. Betty Wall Strohfus, a member of World War II’s Women’s...
    newsOctober 1, 2015 - 12:00am
    August 26, 2015
    World War II veteran Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Wall Strohfus stands for recognition Nov. 3, 2011, during the Patriotic Day celebration at Farmington High School. Strohfus — who was one of about 1,000 women pilots in WWII — will speak Sept. 30 in Willmar. (FORUM NEWS SERVICE)
    Women’s group brings female WWII pilot to Willmar
    WILLMAR — When she’s not playing cards or having planes named after her, Betty Strohfus travels the United States, talking to audiences about...
    newsAugust 26, 2015 - 11:24pm
    February 19, 2015
    Sergeant Arnold Andring married Hannah Anneliese “Ann” Schroeder Aug. 7, 1948, in Germany. Andring died of malnutrition as a prisoner of war in April 1951 after being captured by a Chinese army unit during a battle near Sang-sok, South Korea. (FORUM NEWS SERVICE/Carrie Snyder)
    Remains of Minnesota soldier who died in Korean War finally identified
    GARY, Minn. — After more than six decades, Sergeant Arnold Andring is finally coming home. The Gary man, who fought in the Korean War and...
    newsFebruary 19, 2015 - 9:00am
    August 24, 2013
    Delbert Belton, who was wounded in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, died Thursday after he was beaten in Spokane, Wash. Photo provided by family friends via KHQ-TV - See more at: http://www.wctrib.com/content/wwii-veteran-beaten-death-outside-spokane-club#sthash.1TlHanJC.dpuf
    Random attack kills WWI vet in Spokane, suspect sought
    SPOKANE, Wash.
    news/nationAugust 24, 2013 - 7:12am
    August 23, 2013
    Delbert Belton, who was wounded in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, died Thursday after he was beaten in Spokane, Wash. Photo provided by family friends via KHQ-TV
    WWII veteran beaten to death outside Spokane club
    SPOKANE (AP) — An 88-year-old veteran of World War II was beaten to death outside the Eagles Lodge in Spokane, and police are looking for two...
    news/nationAugust 23, 2013 - 9:28am
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