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2010 Minidoka Pilgrimage

Minidoka invites all those who are interested to join us on our pilgrimage.

(TWIN FALLS, Idaho) - During World War II, almost 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and sent to a desolate “internment camps”.

Former internees, families, friends, and those interested in this historic event will make a pilgrimage from Seattle and Portland to the former Minidoka Internment Camp in June.

The Other Heroes of the Pacific

Men suffered body and soul for more than a thousand days where no Geneva Convention rights were extended to them.

(LOS ANGELES) - Today, common knowledge of America’s WWII fight in the Pacific seems to have evolved into a set of bookend events called “Pearl Harbor” and “Hiroshima.”

Israel: Walking in the Footsteps of Nazi Germany

U.S. media wants you to ignore Israel's constant murderous genocidal campaign against people that takes place every day.

(SALEM / CINCINNATI) - Gordon Duff published this amazing and uncanny set of photographs comparing the acts of the Third Reich in Europe, with the oppression of the Palestinian people under the hand of the occupying, militaristic state of Israel.

The pictures tell the story of an oppressed group of people who "grew up" to become the oppressors they once perished under.

Gay or Perceived Gay in the Army: Is This a Death Sentence?

Philosophically speaking, Gays have always been in ALL Armies since time began.

(SALEM, Ore.) - I’m using the most polite term now.

I don’t really claim to be an expert on this subject but I do know that in WWII many persons faked homosexuality to keep out of or get out of the Army prior to being sent “over there” where the killing and dying was going on.

Traveling Vietnam Wall & 1000 Flag Memorials Will Visit Newport

These Memorials are actually sanctuaries.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A place for Hope and Healing for many Veterans, Families and Friends. The 1000 Flags will be on display by 1:00 p.m. Monday, April 26th in Newport Oregon, at the Newport Facilities in South Beach.

Organizers say there will also be a special Flag Presentation at 5:30 p.m. and an Honorable Service Medal presentation at 6:00 p.m. Families with flags being dedicated to a loved one will be escorted by a military member from the USANG and a person from the USCG, Yaquina Bay Station.

Willamette Author Tells Stories of Those who Confronted Hitler

Bill Smaldone’s book, now in paperback, provides opposition leaders’ perspectives.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Willamette University history professor William Smaldone’s latest book, “Confronting Hitler: German Social Democrats in Defense of the Weimar Republic, 1929-1933,” tells the stories of how ten Social Democratic leaders addressed the impending threat of Nazism and communism.

Full of relevant historical context, the book explores the constraints and political choices these leaders made in the shadow of Hitler’s chancellorship and their struggle for political freedom and social justice. The book examines how circumstances and events shaped party leaders’ perspectives and decisions.

WWII Navy Fighter Plane Discovered in Tillamook County, Oregon

The U.S. Navy and several agencies are on scene.

(TILLAMOOK, Ore.) - A World War II-era U.S. Navy aircraft was discovered by a logging company near Rockaway Beach, Oregon, March 18.

After Tillamook County Sheriff's Office and Oregon State Police learned about the discovery, the Navy was notified for response. Initial responders believe there is a possibility of human remains at the site.

Israel Facts, Figures and Statistics About Poverty Stricken Holocaust Survivors

Article rewrite demanded by a teacher named Nellie Deutsch. The original was by two of her students, and apparently wasn't intended to be published.

(JERUSALEM / SALEM) - The original article that occupied this space was sent to Salem-News.com and published along with the regular flow of information that passes through our electronic halls each day.

The original piece was presented exactly for what it is, with full credit to the writers and teacher.

26 Nazi Officer Prisoners and Two Scared but Lucky Dogface Soldiers

The next summer in Paris I met a soldier. “Are you Leveque from Headquarters Company?” “Yep.” “Do you remember a house in Germany with 26 officers?” “Yeah”. “I want to thank you; I got six watches from those guys.”

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - My short biography in Salem-News.com indicates that I and my Army buddy captured 26 Nazi Officers. I have had a few questions, mainly “how did this come about?”

I was a college graduate in Chemistry when I volunteered for the Army. I don’t know if I could have gone to the navy or Marines because I lack the tip of my right index trigger finger.

`Pappy Boyington Field` Documentary Film Examines Historic Marine Aviator

The film "Pappy Boyington Field" tells the story of the grass-roots effort by Veterans to honor Pappy in the town of his birth, with a commemorative airfield naming...and it was not without controversy.

(BOISE, Idaho) - Do you remember Pappy Boyington and the Black Sheep? This ultra famous Marine fighter pilot hero and squadron leader, was the subject of the American TV show, "Baa Baa Black Sheep" which was named for the famous VMA-214 'Black Sheep' Squadron.