<![CDATA[CentreDaily.com -- World War II Stories]]> http://www.centredaily.com/143/index.html CentreDaily.com, State College, PA en-us Copyright 2012 - CentreDaily.com World War II Stories 60 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:36 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MI RSS Burninator 2.0 bheisse@centredaily.com (Bob Heisse) <![CDATA[Battle of Bulge vets remember epic battle]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/08/255964/battle-of-bulge-vets-remember.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/08/255964/battle-of-bulge-vets-remember.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:07 EST It was a scene out of a Christmas card -- evergreens, snowy woods, misty mountains.

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]]> <![CDATA[Col. Gerald Russell: Among those set in stone]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/08/255942/col-gerald-russell-among-those.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/08/255942/col-gerald-russell-among-those.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:50 EST A Los Angeles exhibit displays life-size clay busts of veterans, including Col. Gerald Russell, juxtaposed with wartime portraits.

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]]> <![CDATA[Earl Kesler: Back to Budapest]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/08/255614/earl-kesler-back-to-budapest.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/08/255614/earl-kesler-back-to-budapest.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:04 EST The last time Earl Kesler was at Ferighey Airport in Budapest, Hungary, bombs were landing instead of planes.

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]]> <![CDATA[Ena Belden: Nurse mended broken bones, crushed spirits]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/08/255609/ena-belden-nurse-mended-broken.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/08/255609/ena-belden-nurse-mended-broken.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:01 EST FERGUSON TOWNSHIP -- Ena Belden did all she could for the dying soldier.

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]]> <![CDATA[Osceola Mills: A high price to pay]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/08/255605/osceola-mills-a-high-price-to.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/08/255605/osceola-mills-a-high-price-to.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:46 EST OSCEOLA MILLS -- They were thin pieces of paper that could crush a heart in a second.

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]]> <![CDATA[Frank Wawrynovic: Invasion altered life of Osceola Mills native]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/08/255600/frank-wawrynovic-invasion-altered.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/08/255600/frank-wawrynovic-invasion-altered.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:42 EST Frank Wawrynovic knew how his tour of duty with the U.S. Army's 29th Division was going to end.

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]]> <![CDATA[Marion Winsor: Child Holocaust survivor tells her story]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/07/254981/marion-winsor-child-holocaust.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/07/254981/marion-winsor-child-holocaust.html Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:12 EST PATTON TOWNSHIP -- They spoke of betrayal, of murder, and the little girl listened. She heard the adults argue about the man hiding them from the Nazis, whether he would…

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]]> <![CDATA[Chuck Bailey: Remembering attack on Pearl Harbor]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/07/254974/chuck-bailey-remembering-attack.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2007/11/07/254974/chuck-bailey-remembering-attack.html Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:06 EST Chuck Bailey doesn't need the new blockbuster "Pearl Harbor" to see Sunday morning sunshine turn into fire. He just closes his eyes.

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]]> <![CDATA[Jack Seidner: Piloting on a prayer]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2005/11/07/4088/jack-seidner-piloting-on-a-prayer.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2005/11/07/4088/jack-seidner-piloting-on-a-prayer.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 07 Nov 2005 00:00 EST Not since his bar mitzvah had Jack Seidner uttered one of the holiest prayers in Judaism.

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]]> <![CDATA[Tom McBride: Dodging the bullet]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2005/10/31/4087/tom-mcbride-dodging-the-bullet.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2005/10/31/4087/tom-mcbride-dodging-the-bullet.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00 EST The first mortar round landed mere feet from where Tom McBride lay flat on his stomach.

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]]> <![CDATA[Elizabeth Tallichet: Captain led the way]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2005/10/24/4086/elizabeth-tallichet-captain-led.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2005/10/24/4086/elizabeth-tallichet-captain-led.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00 EDT A chill lingered in the spring air of Washington, D.C. Sunshine bathed bare branches and cherry blossom buds.

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]]> <![CDATA[Bob Barraclough: Mission Possible]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2005/10/17/4099/bob-barraclough-mission-possible.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2005/10/17/4099/bob-barraclough-mission-possible.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00 EDT Bob Barraclough earned his promotion to major the hard way. Barraclough was a captain flying B-17 bombers in the 490th Bomb Group when his wing commander gave him the bad…

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]]> <![CDATA[Roberts Martin: Gunner recalls close calls in the air]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2005/10/10/4098/roberts-martin-gunner-recalls.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2005/10/10/4098/roberts-martin-gunner-recalls.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00 EDT More than anything, Roberts Martin feared being trapped.

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]]> <![CDATA[John Hellmann: Gunner stayed mum during captivity]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2005/10/03/4097/john-hellmann-gunner-stayed-mum.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2005/10/03/4097/john-hellmann-gunner-stayed-mum.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 03 Oct 2005 00:00 EDT All John Hellmann had to say was "ja." One nod, and the marches through the snow, the hunger, would be over. He would still be a prisoner of war, but…

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]]> <![CDATA[Allen Crabtree: For local GI, war was a tankless job]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2005/09/26/4096/allen-crabtree-for-local-gi-war.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2005/09/26/4096/allen-crabtree-for-local-gi-war.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:00 EDT Allen Crabtree needed a mission, any mission. His stateside orders had been clear: Join a light-tank battalion and help push the German army closer to surrender.

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]]> <![CDATA[Bill Noyes: Getting over the Hump]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2005/09/19/4095/bill-noyes-getting-over-the-hump.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2005/09/19/4095/bill-noyes-getting-over-the-hump.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:00 EDT They called it the Hump, rows of mountain peaks jagged as shark teeth and just as lethal.

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]]> <![CDATA[Albert Henry: Officer under the radar]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2005/09/12/4085/albert-henry-officer-under-the.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2005/09/12/4085/albert-henry-officer-under-the.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:00 EDT Somewhere between Borneo and the Philippines, two officers puffed their pipes on the deck of a light cruiser.

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]]> <![CDATA[Gerald Stein: Radioman was Santa's helper]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2005/09/05/4084/gerald-stein-radioman-was-santas.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2005/09/05/4084/gerald-stein-radioman-was-santas.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:00 EDT Gerald Stein made an odd Santa Claus. For one thing, he was thin and dressed in olive drab.

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]]> <![CDATA[Calvin Conklin: Focus on the home front]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2005/08/29/4083/calvin-conklin-focus-on-the-home.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2005/08/29/4083/calvin-conklin-focus-on-the-home.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:00 EDT STATE COLLEGE -- Calvin Conklin couldn't see well enough to pass the Army Air Force physical, but that didn't stop him from spending World War II as an aerial photographer…

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]]> <![CDATA[Jerome Pasto: Views from above]]> http://www.centredaily.com/2005/08/22/4082/jerome-pasto-views-from-above.html#storylink=rss http://www.centredaily.com/2005/08/22/4082/jerome-pasto-views-from-above.html Domestic Nonwashington Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00 EDT His vision is blurry now. Eyes that once were able to look at a photograph taken from high altitude and identify even the most minute detail have lost their acuity.

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