Tag: WWII
Landing Craft Take Center Stage During Lunchtime Presentation
FORT EUSTIS -- On June 5-6, 1944, the Allied invasion of France commenced. Many recall scenes of carnage and destruction across fields of fire...
Tour group brings WWII history alive in Historic Triangle
While the Historic Triangle is typically steeped in revolutionary history, a new tour is bringing World War II to the Colonial Capital.
Shades of Our...
A US warship was commissioned in Hampton Roads in honor of this Iwo Jima hero, who attended the event
A 96-year-old war hero looked on as military officials commissioned a U.S. Navy warship in honor of the veteran, the last surviving Medal of...
ICYMI: WWII photos, Village Shops, pit bulls and more
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Local photographer takes on project to document stories of WWII veterans (Free read)
When photographer Jessica Hubbard first sat down to chat with a WWII veteran, she didn’t realize the impact it would have on her.
Now, she...
Remember Pearl Harbor at the Virginia War Museum
This year marks the 78th anniversary of Pearl Harbor and the Virginia War Museum in Newport News is hosting its annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance ceremony...
Vintage ‘Warbirds’ will soon awake and fly over Virginia Beach
Skies over Virginia Beach will once again be alive with the sight of flying vintage aircraft for the Military Aviation Museum’s Annual Warbirds Over the...
Asia and the MacArthurs: Here’s a new exhibit opening in Norfolk
NORFOLK – Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1963 wrote, "The future and the very existence of the United States is tied up in Asia and...