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A Dutch foundation believes it has discovered the wreckage of a lost World War II bomber, and it is hoping to connect with any remaining family of the copilot, Hornell native Joseph Congelli. Lt.
PLOMBIERES, Belgium — Several times a year, one woman drives half an hour from her home in The Netherlands to a cemetery in Belgium to pay respects on behalf of the family of the deceased and the ...
On May 14, 1940, German bombers devastated the Dutch city of Rotterdam, killing hundreds and destroying much of the historic center. The attack forced the Netherlands into surrender and became one of ...
Annemiek Gringold burns with a passion, improbably fierce in a bookish historian. She is a Dutch Jew and the principal curator of the National Holocaust Museum, which opened here in March after ...
AMSTERDAM, April 30 (Reuters) - The city of Amsterdam on Tuesday said it would severely restrict attendance to the annual national World War II remembrance on May 4, in a bid to keep the ceremony safe ...
Editor's note: The writer wishes to thank Tim Reed of the Texas Panhandle War Memorial, Warren Strider from the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum Archives, historian Janice Cranmer and others who ...
This year's Memorial Day weekend is a special one for Stephanie Bushey. The St. Clair Shores resident and her Dutch friend, Edith Bongaerts, spoke at a peace and gratitude ceremony in Mesch, ...
A planned breakfast with the U.S. ambassador to Belgium and multiple ceremonies, honors and events with local VIPs are on the itinerary for an old soldier and his family from Mundelein. Over the next ...
Between crowds of sweaty tourists and passionate airport staff, it was a regular Sunday evening at Kennedy Airport. But in a sunny corner of the international terminal, 104-year-old World War II ...