Memorial Day 1945

My grandfather told me this weekend where he was on Memorial Day in 1945. 63 years ago him and his fellow members of the 97th infantry division where on their way back home from the Europe through Le havre France after the end of Word War II. They were coming home for fur low for a couple of weeks on the USS Brazil where they would wait to be shipped to Japan as part as the large invasion force. Probably lucky for my grandfather this invasion force turned into an occupational force, but they were ready and willing to be part of it even though it didn't come to fruition.

Don't forget this Memorial Day to thank a veteran for their service to our country. We have so many freedoms because of their sacrifices. It shouldn't take a special day to remember and be thankful for them.

As WWII vets pass, memories preserved

As their ranks shrink, the National World War II Museum is one of several organizations rushing to preserve the personal accounts of veterans. Other such efforts are sponsored by the Library of Congress and the U.S. Latino and Latina WWII Oral History Project.

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Bomb defused in Tokyo

A 1 ton bomb dropped in Tokyo from a U.S. B-29 bomber during World War II was discovered in March. 16,000 people had to be evacuated in the area so the bomb could be defused.

The rusty bomb was defused by a team from Japan’s Self-Defense Force in Chofu, on the outskirts of Tokyo, said Tokyo Fire Department official Shigeru Ishikawa.

Women who saved children from Holocaust dies

Great story about a Polish woman who devised a plan to save Jewish children from Warsaw Ghetto passed away. She smuggled them out and gave them false identies to hide them from the Nazis. Great story and worth reading.

Jews march in Poland in memory of Holocaust

OSWIECIM, Poland - Some 10,000 young Jews, Poles and World War II survivors took part in the March of the Living on Thursday, an annual event at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau that honors the memory of some 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.

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