In this WW2 Wayfinder episode, we dig into the surprising scale and variety of animal power behind the war effort - and why ...
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Unearthing Lost Dog Tags and Relics from a German WWII Camp

In a misty forest on Germany’s former western front, a small team explores the remains of an abandoned World War II base.
PHOENIX — A World War II veteran who donated his dog tags over 30 years ago got a big surprise Friday. In 1981, Jack D. Shippey donated his tags to the museum at the Air Force’s Non-Commissioned ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — It took 50 years for a Long Island woman to finally complete her quest to return a World War II veteran’s lost dog tags she found on a New York City beach. Laurie Lubin, of ...
In the invasion of Guam in 1944, Marine Capt. William W. Putney led a patrol to root out some entrenched Japanese. “I took a squad of men and two BARs [Browning automatic rifles] and a ...
BLANCHARD, Okla. -- The greatest generation helped defeat Fascism and Nazism, and they left behind a lasting impression on the people they liberated in Europe. A Blanchard man learned of this lasting ...
MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Veterans Museum, in partnership with the Madison Central Business Improvement District, invites families and pet parents to honor war hero and K9 Brownie. The WVM said ...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A New York military aviation researcher got more than she bargained for on a dream trip to a battle-scarred South Pacific island -- the chance to help solve the mystery of an American ...
The family of Leon Phelps on Saturday collected the lost dog tag from their grandfather, Leon Phelps of Camp Hill, who fought in World War II. The dog tag was discovered by Susan Gilbert who collects ...
A Great Dane named Juliana is credited with being awarded a medal during World War II after she defused a bomb by urinating on it. The claim is true — and, in fact, Juliana was honored with a second ...