'Flying Pencil' WWII German bomber raised from depths of English Channel

A British museum on Monday successfully recovered a German bomber that had been shot down over the English Channel during World War II.
The aircraft, nicknamed the Luftwaffe's "Flying Pencil" because of its narrow fuselage, came down off the coast of Kent more than 70 years ago during the Battle of Britain.
The rusty and damaged plane is believed to be the

most intact example of the German Dornier Do 17 bomber that has ever been found. Divers discovered the aircraft submerged in 50 feet of water in 2008.

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Frank Lautenberg dies; was U.S. Senate's last WW II vet

Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (1924 – 2013)

Frank Lautenberg was the last serving veteran of World War II in the United States Senate. After graduating from Nutley High School in 1941, Lautenberg served overseas in the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1946. Then, financed by the GI Bill, he attended and graduated from Columbia Business School in 1949 with a degree in economics.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/03/politics/obit-lautenberg/index.html

Nazi SS-led unit commander accused of atrocities reportedly living in Minnesota

Over 68 years after the end of World War II I find it amazing that there are still war criminals out there. Fox news is reporting today that an SS commander has escaped capture and was living all along in the U.S.

"A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence uncovered by The Associated Press."

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