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Frustrated gamers across the world had yet to finish even downloading the latest Call Of Duty installment when yet another game, Call of Duty: WWII Black Ops Modern Warfare 17, was released.
Published: Sunday, April 9th, 2023 @ 1:07 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Vinyl chloride, the chemical released from the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, breaks down during combustion into phosgene, a substance used as a chemical weapon in World War I, according to multiple fact sheets from federal agencies.
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 @ 2:53 am
By: Daily Wire
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While at the World Economic Forum, rightful President Al Gore delivered a stern warning on climate change, saying the world will not make it past the year 2012 if something isn't done immediately.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 8:57 am
By: Babylon Bee
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The first U.S. Navy destroyer to be sunk in American history has been found by divers off the coast of England.
Published: Friday, September 2nd, 2022 @ 5:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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My husband is passionate about WWII history and holds veterans from that war in the highest esteem.
Published: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 @ 5:04 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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President Donald J. Trump today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the World War II Battle of the Bulge 75th Anniversary Commemoration Events on December 16, 2019.
Published: Thursday, December 12th, 2019 @ 8:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It was Christmas Eve 1914. World War I was in its early stages and trench warfare was the rule of the day. Soldiers on opposing sides could hear the bullets whistling overhead coming from trenches, often no more than 100 yards from theirs
Published: Tuesday, January 1st, 2019 @ 4:03 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Last Thursday on the 100th anniversary of United States entry in to World War I, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) announced his introduction of H. Con. Res. 41, legislation that commemorates United States involvement in World War I and honors the brave veterans
Published: Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 @ 10:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For many civilians, the memories of a military event are an abstract memory. However, for the participants it is the faces, names, and specific events that mark the event. Here are some of their stories.
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 @ 4:56 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory signed a proclamation recognizing North Carolina's contributions to World War II as August 14-15, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2015 @ 2:00 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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For the last 90 years, North Carolina has been providing support and assistance to veterans and their families. In response to World War I, the General Assembly established the North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs (NCDVA) as part of the Commission of Labor in 1925. After the Second...
Published: Saturday, April 25th, 2015 @ 12:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the summer of 1918, five large German submarines (U-boats) crossed the Atlantic and operated against the lightly protected shipping off the North American coast.
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 @ 4:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the latest round of Nobel Laureates are bowing their heads to receive medals this week, an East Carolina University professor will be leaning into a computer screen crunching numbers on the world's great academic awards-the Nobels and 183 others.
Published: Thursday, December 11th, 2014 @ 7:46 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory will launch the state's four-yearlong Centennial Commemoration of World War I at a wreath-laying ceremony at the North Carolina Veterans Monument on the grounds of the State Capitol Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014.
Published: Saturday, July 26th, 2014 @ 1:35 am
By: Christopher Maye
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With World War II imminent, in December 1940, the U.S. Government awarded $16.8 million in contracts for building one of the first military installations in preparation for that war.
Published: Friday, May 30th, 2014 @ 9:29 am
By: Tom Campbell
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William Cleveland "Cleve" Cox, a World War II infantryman who dedicated his life to helping his fellow veterans and a former Chairman of the North Carolina Veterans Commission, died on March 21, 2014 after a brief illness.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 12:45 am
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory celebrated heroes of World War II (WWII) today with French Consul General Denis Barbet who presented 14 North Carolinians with the Legion of Honor, the highest decoration in France, in a ceremony at the State Capitol.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 12:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Berlin Wall served as the clearest sign of the Cold War that divided East and West for decades after World War II. Vern Pike, a retired Army colonel who now lives in North Carolina, served as the first officer in charge of Checkpoint Charlie the night the Berlin Wall went up in 1961.
Published: Saturday, April 28th, 2012 @ 10:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Oliver was born in Jackson County, N.C., on Aug. 31, 1920, daughter of the late Estes and Martha Queen Watson. She married Fernie Harding Oliver Sr., a U.S. veteran of World War II, who preceded her in death on Feb. 9, 1957.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2011 @ 10:11 am
By: Announcements
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