World war articles
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Inside the Beltway: Film documents OSS World War II contributions from Hollywood's finest
A round of applause please for the World War II-era Office of Strategic Services -- the first organized U.S. effort to implement a centralized system of strategic intelligence and a new documentary film titled "Filming Under Fire: John Ford's OSS Field Photo Branch." The movie tells the story of how top Hollywood figures contributed to America's victory in World War II through their service in that OSS branch.
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‘Grateful for him’: World War 2 Veteran’s remains return home decades later
Private First Class (PFC) Noah Reeves got a well deserved hero's welcome home at the Birmingham Airport Thursday. A casket draped in the American flag carrying his remains was escorted by an honor guard into a hearse before a procession began.
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Ancestry website will catalogue names of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II
The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II will be digitized and made available for free, genealogy company Ancestry announced Wednesday.