Daily Herald

‘Lived history in color’: WWII hero, D-Day pilot from Fox River Grove, 105, inspires local vets to help

It all started when Richard Tado received a call from his friend, 105-year-old World War II U.S. Army Air Corps pilot Edward “Bud” Berthold, that his bathroom had flooded. Tado, a U.S. Coast ...

The last voices of World War II: Veterans speak of duty and loss

For the American World War II veterans, all in their late 90s or early 100s, the event marked what will be one of the last ...
The Columbian

AP WAS THERE: Journalists chronicled the Nazi surrenders and end of World War II in Europe

REIMS, France (AP) — When Allied forces brought World War II in Europe and the Holocaust to an end 80 years ago this week, AP reporters and photographers were there, chronicling the Nazis’ historic ...

The hero nurses who dodged bullets and saved lives in WWII — and the race against time to finally recognize their bravery

Held as prisoners of war, some women endured starvation rations and disease but continued to work until their liberation ...