National Debt Closes in on Post-World War II Mark, CBO Says
Projections show steady budget deficits exceeding 5% of GDP, even assuming that the bulk of the 2017 tax cuts expire.
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Mussel bed surveyed before World War II still thriving
A mussel bed in Northern California is as healthy and biodiverse as it was about 80 years ago, when two young students surveyed it shortly before one was sent to fight in World War II. Resampling the site reveals a thriving mussel bed community that also shows the mark of climate change.
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Visiting Auschwitz, UK’s Starmer decries ‘poison of antisemitism rising around the world’
British PM says he saw 'sheer horror' at concentration camp which saw industrial-level killing as a 'collective endeavor by thousands of ordinary people'
1945, the last year of World War II: Here's all that happened 80 years back
Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial for war crimes in November. - Nazis on trial - Nazi leaders go on trial in Nuremberg,
1945, The Last Year Of World War II
Six years after it started, World War II ended in 1945 with Nazi Germany surrendering in May and its leaders going on trial for war crimes in November.
80 years later, movie tells story of SC woman’s battalion during World War II
When Charity Adams Earley was sent across seas in 1944 , she was faced with a monumental task: Get millions of pieces of mail to the soldiers meant to receive them. Under her leadership, a battalion of Black women nicknamed the Six Triple Eight (for the 6888th) sorted and sent the mail in
Veterans honored by governor for service in World War II
Gov. Jim Pillen and York County Veterans Service Officer Nick Wollenburg honored two World War II veterans during a recent ceremony in York.
Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told about Soviet spy in her palace for nearly 10 years, MI5 files reveal
Anthony Blunt, who worked at Buckingham Palace as Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures, was secretly a Soviet spy during WWII.
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Wicked’s World War II veteran connection
So, where does the veteran tie-in come into play with Wizard of Oz and Wicked? Well, first with the one and only Judy Garland, whose iconic portrayal of Dorothy is still remembered today. Garland went on a USO tour in the 1940s and sold war bonds to support the efforts.
Moonshiner made weapon that helped Allies win World War II. He died 50 years ago in NC
During a raid on his illegal whiskey distilling operation in 1921, Williams was accused of killing a deputy. After he got out of prison, he helped to design a gun that armed soldiers during World War II, according to the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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James Herriot (Alf Wight)’s Real World War II Experience
Discover the fascinating facts and surprising timeline of the All Creatures Great and Small's author's WWII experience.
Friedrich St. Florian, Architect of World War II Memorial, Dies at 91
His design was criticized as banal and beneath its subject. It was also praised for fitting seamlessly into hallowed space on the National Mall.