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Could Women Only Be Nurses in WWII?

Many believe women in World War II were limited to nursing, but the reality is far more complex. From pilots and spies to factory workers and frontline resistance fighters, women played critical roles ...
A renowned Loveland sculptor and a woman who grew up here but now lives in France are working together to honor Joséphine ...
An ordinary woman in suburban Maryland unearths the horrifying secret of her family’s impact on the events of WWII in this page-turning debut memoir. Kuehn recalls receiving an inquiry in 1994 from a ...
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The Most Dangerous Spy of World War II

She was hunted by the Gestapo, yet always one step ahead. Virginia Hall, the spy they called “the most dangerous of all ...
In her riveting new novel titled "Shipyard Gals," Valerie Stoller has written about World War II from an unusually eye-opening point of view. The book is set in the Bay Area at the height of the war, ...
The premiere of the documentary “Forever Families,” which features World War II veterans and their family members from the Quad Cities area, was held Wednesday at The Last Picture House, Davenport, ...
Russia deployed a military spy plane over a group of disputed islands it administers in the Far East near Japan last week, where both Moscow and Tokyo claim sovereignty. Japan's Defense Ministry said ...
A deep sense of unease has gripped Iran since American and Israeli airstrikes in June, but on a recent visit to the capital, we found that many Iranians seemed to be just trying to get by. Young ...
DALLAS — “Welcome to the fight,” said commentator Allie Beth Stuckey as she greeted the 6,700 conservative Christian women assembled in the Dallas, Texas, arena on Oct. 11: “The fight for truth, the ...
It's impossible to come to a new Sally Wainwright drama without thinking about the popular triumph that was Happy Valley – and Wainwright knows it, telling Digital Spy that it plays on her mind when ...
Three Americans—Natosha Rogers, Dakotah Popehn, and Gabi Rooker—secured top 10 finishes at the 2025 Chicago Marathon, with Rogers and Popehn both setting personal bests in the process. Rogers, 34, was ...
This year’s Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii were packed with drama. See how all the race action unfolded in photos, from the early-morning swim to celebratory finish chute… Going into the ...