Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.
Margery Hop Wong last saw her older brother Sgt. Yuen Hop in 1943. He was a soldier missing in action, until researchers ...
'They finally gave us closure': WWII sergeant's remains coming home 80 years after death
Scientists studied genetic material called mitochondrial DNA. In September 2023, they officially concluded the remains were Shostak’s. He was finally, as the news release from the Defense POW/MIA ...
Lost WWII Brazilian warship Vital de Oliveira identified after 80 years
On July 19, 1944, the German submarine U-861 torpedoed the Vital de Oliveira, sinking it and killing about 100 of the 270 ...
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Dresden’s Moral Fallout Continues to Affect Us 80 Years Later
COMMENTARY: The Feb. 13-15, 1945, firebombing of the eastern German city symbolizes the brutality of World War II.
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South Florida woman walks in her father’s footsteps 80 years after the WWII pilot’s evacuation from Nazi POW camp
The father of a South Florida woman was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II. Eighty years later, she got to ...
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Sister Finally Gets to Say Goodbye to Her Brother 80 Years After He Went Missing During WWII
Staff Sergeant Yuen Hop went missing after his plane was shot down by enemy fire in 1944 More than 80 years after her brother went missing during World War II, a San Francisco woman was finally ...
The chapel still linking Orkney and Italy - 80 years after WW2 ended
It's almost 80 years since the end of World War Two, during which Orkney became home to hundreds of Italian prisoners of war.
More than 170 World War II-era bombs found under U.K. playground
The unexploded ordnance, discovered during a site renovation, were described as “practice bombs” that still carry a charge ...
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Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.
For 80 years, Sergeant Hop was lost ... Yuen Hop left to fight in World War II, reaching the rank of staff sergeant. Ms. Wong said she and other relatives had worn badges identifying themselves ...