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PublishedMarch 24, 2024
80th anniversary of the ‘Great Escape’ from Nazi German POW camp marked in Poland
Most of the soldiers who escaped from Stalag Luft III on the night of March 24, 1944, faced a tragic end. Only three made it to safety. The others were recaptured and 50 of them were executed.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
‘Ghost Army’ that fooled Hitler will receive Congress’ highest honor
Operating as close as a quarter mile from the front lines, the Ghost Army is credited with saving the lives of tens of thousands of American soldiers by luring away the enemy during more than 20 full-scale deception campaigns.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2024
Massachusetts family helps return Japanese artifacts looted during World War II
The items, taken after the Battle of Okinawa, were discovered by a family sifting through the personal effects of their late father.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2023
Portland man who flew air patrols along Maine coast honored 80 years after World War II
The family of 2nd Lt. Oscar E. Shevenell accepted a Congressional Gold Medal on his behalf during a ceremony in Bangor.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2023
‘He’s home now’: Mainer killed at Pearl Harbor to be buried 82 years later
Ensign Stanley Willis Allen of Bethel was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. His remains were identified 80 years later.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Remembering veterans who died in World War II by telling their stories
The goal of Stories Behind the Stars is to organize a centralized digital location to collect the stories of the more than 421,000 Americans killed in World War II.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2022
Handful of Pearl Harbor survivors drawn to Hawaii ‘out of respect’
A handful of centenarian survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor gathered at the scene in Hawaii to commemorate those who perished 81 years ago in the Japanese bombing
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PublishedNovember 17, 2022
WWII casualty Sgt. Zelwood Gravlin is laid to rest
Correspondent Paula Kane will provide more on Sgt. Gravlin's return in the Nov. 25 Franklin Journal.
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PublishedMay 12, 2022
Hometown burial Saturday for Canaan man killed in World War II
After nearly eight decades, the recently identified remains of Richard G. Salsbury, who was 19 when he died in 1943, to be returned to Canaan to be buried with family members.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2022
Litchfield’s oldest resident, who fought in World War II, plans a 100-yard-dash for his 100th birthday
Eugene Thompson, 99, was recently awarded the town's Boston Post Cane and in less than a year, plans to celebrate his 100th birthday by running a 100-yard-dash.
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