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Hiroshima And Nagasaki Bombing News

US Envoy Welcome at Hiroshima CeremonyThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:34AMJapan welcomed Thursday the United States' decision to send its ambassador to a ceremony next week marking 65 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Gen. Carl A. SpaatzSaturday, June 12, 2010 @ 11:15PMBerks connection: A native of Boyertown. Military significance: A commander of the Army Air Force during World War II, Spaatz was named in 1947 as the first chief of staff of the Air Force.

National › Hiroshima, Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition on view in NetherlandsMonday, May 31, 2010 @ 5:19PMThe village of Overloon in the southern Netherlands will host the annual Hiroshima Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition slated for June 1 through Sept 30. The…

A crucial role: Local man helped ready planes that dropped atomic bombsSunday, May 30, 2010 @ 8:55PMVeteran Frank Olsson tries on his World War 2 uniform at the Jewish Home for the Elderly in Fairfield, where he resides. Olsson, who turns 94 on Memorial Day, serviced the planes, including the Enola Gay, that dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.

WITH HONOR They served. We salute them. Here are their stories.Sunday, May 30, 2010 @ 5:23AMFor Memorial Day, we asked area veterans to recall their most memorable or remarkable military experiences. Here, in their own words, are those recollections.

National › Japanese A-bomb survivors disappointed by NPT documentSaturday, May 29, 2010 @ 2:04PMPeople in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two Japanese cities attacked with atomic bombs by the United States during World War II, expressed disappointment Saturday at…

WWII vet to speak at Bible Baptist ChurchSaturday, May 29, 2010 @ 12:02AMEdgar “Ed” Harrell will share his story Sunday of surviving days at sea in the South Pacific, during World War II.

Veterans recall victory 65 years agoSunday, May 16, 2010 @ 3:33AMThough V-E Day touched off spontaneous celebrations by millions of people around the world, the end of World War II in Europe on May 8, 1945, came as little surprise to three Bellevue men who were serving overseas at the time.

Dispatch from Toronto | Hot Docs ’10: Pitch Perfect at the Toronto Documentary ForumFriday, May 7, 2010 @ 10:06AMHundreds of broadcasters, funders, filmmakers, and other observers convened this Wednesday and Thursday morning for the Toronto Documentary Forum, North America’s largest documentary market, as part of the ongoing Hot Docs film festival. Led for the second year by Elizabeth Radshaw, the TDF selects twenty promising new projects for filmmakers to pitch for potential co-production support ...