He survived the Battle of the Bulge and stormed the beaches of Normandy. Now, at 104, he’s still golfing three days a week.
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. — There are only good and better days out here for Arthur Medeiros. He has golfed at Montaup Country Club ...
Striking portraits of World War II veterans go on display in Portsmouth
The exhibition called 'The Lucky Ones Grow Old' at Portsmouth's D-Day Story museum highlights how the war shaped the lives of ...
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D-Day: What happened during the Normandy landings of 1944?
Up to 7,000 ships and landing craft were involved ... wounded or missing. How many D-Day veterans are still alive? It is not clear how many D-Day veterans are still alive. All are now in their ...
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World War II veteran recalls his time on “the cruel sea”
As the year that marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day draws to an end, Chronicle reporter Tim Butters revisits an interview he ...
Creating Big Waves: How Disney’s Marketing Brought The Masses Back For ‘Moana 2’; Sequel’s Promo Campaign Worth $100M+
When it came to opening a sequel to a classic animated movie, Disney didn’t rest on their laurels in selling Moana 2. Already ...
This 104-year-old Battle of the Bulge veteran golfs 3 days a week
Medeiros, who was decorated with three Purple Hearts and Bronze and Silver stars, returned from Europe with harrowing tales.
Here are the Army-Navy football game players who later earned the Medal of Honor
Less than a dozen cadets and midshipmen who faced off in the annual rivalry game later earned the Medal of Honor for combat ...
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Chinese Amphibious Warfare: Taiwan Targeted, Scenarios Swirling
Heretofore, the saving grace has been that Taiwan enjoys formidable defensive geography, and that a large-scale amphibious ...
Pearl Harbor survivor who taught at Minnesota State Mankato dies at 101: ‘This guy’s a hero’
Charles Sehe, who died last month at 101, was the last Minnesota survivor to have served on the USS Nevada during the ...
‘Speedy’ Weber wrote his wife 300 letters in WWII. She saved them all.
A huge batch of GI’s wartime letters to the “girl of my dreams” has been given anonymously to the USO in Arlington.
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On the trail of France’s first female war correspondent
When General de Gaulle arrived in Paris on 25 August, 1944 to mark the French capital's liberation from Nazi occupation, his ...