Rep. Tom Lantos dies

Just noticed that NBC is reporting that Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died.

Rep. Tom Lantos, R-Calif., was serving his 14th term in congress at the time of his death. He was born to Jewish parents in Budapest, Hungary, and was 16 when Adolf Hitler occupied Hungary in 1944. He survived by escaping twice from a forced labor camp. You can read the full article here.

Frank Buckles

Found some more information I thought I would share with you about the last surviving World War I veteran. Seems he didn't serve in WW2, but was captured by the Japanese and spent 3 years in a prison camp. You can read much more info here.

1 of 2 last WW1 veterans in U.S. Dies

1 of the last 2 known U.S. World War 1 veterans has died. Harry Landis died on Monday at the age of 108. He tried to enter the service during World War 2, but was considered too old at the age of 42. You can read the full story here.

The last known World War 1 veteran in the U.S. is Frank Buckles who is 107. You can read about him here.

Photo of war reporter Ernie Pyle found

NBC is reporting that a photo provided by Richard Strasser, perhaps never before published, shows famed World War II war correspondent Ernie Pyle shortly after he was killed by a Japanese machine gun bullet on the island of Ie Shima on April 18, 1945.

You can read the full story here.

Nazi guard loses bid to stay in U.S.

It always seem that every year or so we find out about another SS guard hiding out somewhere avoiding capture. NBC is reporting that one is about to be deported from the U.S.

Seems that its been hard to prove that he was actually a guard and not just a regular army soldier. He's been passed around several times and the case has been in and out of court for years. You can read the full story here.