Russell Dunham will be laid to rest Friday morning at Valhalla Memorial Park in Godfrey. He died Monday of heart failure at his home in Godfrey. For most of his 89 years, he appeared to have been an ordinary man, scuffling…
Flak bursts over Vienna's infamous Flak Alley.
In honor of Veteran’s Day, I’m posting a link to a blog item I wrote for another part of STLtoday.com, the photo department blog pictures.
After my father died, I inherited a box of faded…
Sixty years ago last week, the Soviet Union sealed all road, rail and river links into Berlin. Millions of German citizens under the protection of American, British and French forces faced starvation.
It has the ring of ancient history today. But…
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Photos courtesy of Truman Presidential Library, Berlin Airlift Historical Society
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About 1,800 U.S. military veterans die each day, 686,000 in 2007 alone. Most served during World War II. Others saw action at Cold War hot spots like Korea and Vietnam.
Long after the last of them has died — indeed, after…
