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WW2DB's Tenth Anniversary
29 Dec 2014

Marking WW2DB's 10th anniversary

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Alois Brunner Said to Have Lived in Syria Until 2010
1 Dec 2014

The Simon Wiesenthal Center announced that top Nazi fugitive Alois Brunner escaped justice and died naturally.

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Wreck of U-576 Identified
21 Oct 2014

A recently discovered submarine wreck off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States had been identified as U-576.

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Wreck of USS Houston Identified
19 Aug 2014

The wreck of USS Houston, sunken in combat during the Japanese advance in 1942, was identified.

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Chester Nez's Passing
4 Jun 2014

The last of the Navajo code talkers passed away.

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Bill Guarnere's Passing
9 Mar 2014

Former US Army 101st Airborne Division paratrooper Bill Guarnere passed away.

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WW2-Era bomb found near Taipei 101
14 Feb 2014

Unexploded 500-pound bomb dropped by USAAF during WW2 discovered at the World Trade Center complex near Taipei 101

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Hiroo Onoda's Passing
17 Jan 2014

Hiroo Onoda, a WW2-era Japanese Army junior officer who did not surrender until 1974, passed away in Tokyo, Japan.

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Crew of 5/25 gun No. 3 on the starboard side of USS Astoria conducting gunnery practice, circa spring 1942; note anti-flash head dress and communications gear worn by the man operating the fuze setter, bearing markings on the splinter shield, and older style helmets

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Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, Aug 1939


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