Tag: World War II
Remembering a local World War II hero
Hugh Earnhart recaps the service of an American hero, William "Willy" Vaughan, of Austintown, Ohio, during World War II.
Truman wanted to help free countries stay free
After World War II the U.S. had to find a new approach to the problem of peaceful stabilization of international affairs due to Soviet Union expansion.
Invasion of Normandy took careful planning
Learn more about the planning and execution of the Invasion of Normandy — "Operation Overlord" — on June 6, 1944.
American production helped win World War II
Planes, ships and tanks got the most attention, but thousands of other items were no less impressive. Learn more about American manufacturers' role in WWII.
Muskingum County man recalls his time as a ‘Seagoing Cowboy’
Unable to serve during World War II, George Richey went abroad as a cowboy.
Seagoing cowboys: Ohioan returns to Poland 69 years after historic voyage
Between 1945 and 1947, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the Brethren Relief Center of the Church of the Brethren organized approximately 360 shipments of livestock — mostly horses, heifers and mules — to war-torn countries.
Female WWII pilot donates $2 million to Case Western
CLEVELAND -- A pioneering female aviator who served her country during World War II has made a $2 million gift to Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.
