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The largest family of the Blue Star Mothers belonged to Nick and Anna Matthees of rural Goddhue, Minnesota who sent 7 sons (3 Army, 2 Navy, and 2 Army Air Force) to serve during World War II. All 7 survived. [5] [6] Charleston SC newspaper article about Agnes Veronee on VE-Day with 7-star flag
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One of the sole remaining survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack that launched World War II disobeyed orders and fought back. Now 100 years old, he continues to share his stories. A legacy of valor ...
Prince Harry served in the British Army for 10 years and has devoted much of his life since to the work of veterans and active military personnel, including founding his Invictus Games in 2014, a ...
The Gold Star Mother pilgrimages of the 1930s: overseas grave visitations by mothers and widows of fallen US World War I soldiers (McFarland, 2005). Plant, Rebecca Jo. "The gold star mothers pilgrimages: Patriotic maternalists and their critics in interwar America." (2012): 121–147. online
The Demobilization of United States armed forces after the Second World War began with the defeat of Germany in May 1945 and continued through 1946. The United States had more than 12 million men and women in the armed forces at the end of World War II , of whom 7.6 million were stationed abroad. [ 1 ]
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries—including all the great powers—participated, with many investing all available economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in pursuit of total war, blurring the distinction between military and ...
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