/tags/world-war-ii World War II en-US Copyright Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:32:12 GMT /race-demographics/2023-11-28/booker-spicely-durham-historical-marker-black-soldier-jim-crow Army Private Booker T. Spicely was shot by a white bus driver after Spicely complained about having to sit in the back. Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:32:12 GMT /race-demographics/2023-11-28/booker-spicely-durham-historical-marker-black-soldier-jim-crow Jay Price /2023-07-31/78-years-after-joe-cooper-survived-a-kamikaze-attack-the-navy-has-identified-his-ships-wreckage 101-year-old Joe Cooper was a crew member of the USS Ommaney Bay, which was attacked by a Japanese suicide pilot in World War II. Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:44:08 GMT /2023-07-31/78-years-after-joe-cooper-survived-a-kamikaze-attack-the-navy-has-identified-his-ships-wreckage Jay Price /news/2022-11-11/bodie-island-lighthouse-celebrate-150-years-saturday The Navy used the lighthouse during World War II and it became climbable for the public about a decade ago. The Outer Banks icon is one of the last of its kind. Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:30:00 GMT /news/2022-11-11/bodie-island-lighthouse-celebrate-150-years-saturday Mitchell Northam /military/2021-11-02/american-veteran-his-mom-hoped-hed-patrol-coney-island-instead-he-was-a-witness-to-history Now in his 90s, World War II veteran Frank DeVita recalls his experience as a teenager in the Coast Guard, serving on a landing craft transporting infantry to invade Omaha Beach on the coast of Nazi-occupied France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Tue, 02 Nov 2021 11:12:10 GMT /military/2021-11-02/american-veteran-his-mom-hoped-hed-patrol-coney-island-instead-he-was-a-witness-to-history Elizabeth Friend /military/2021-10-13/77-years-world-war-ii-soldier-home-robeson-county-ww2-dna-wright The remains of 1st Lt. James “Dick” Wright, the hero who vanished during World War II, were finally returned to his tiny Robeson County hometown this week. Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:23:21 GMT /military/2021-10-13/77-years-world-war-ii-soldier-home-robeson-county-ww2-dna-wright Jay Price /news/2021-10-05/100-years-old-greensboro-crossing-guard-strong-community-wwii Thomas Faucette, a World War II Army veteran from Greensboro, just turned 100-years-old and is still a school crossing guard. Tue, 05 Oct 2021 11:27:10 GMT /news/2021-10-05/100-years-old-greensboro-crossing-guard-strong-community-wwii Leoneda Inge /military/2020-11-09/a-95-year-old-veteran-remembers-fighting-wwii-in-the-pacific-and-racism-at-home President Roosevelt opened all branches of the military to Black troops in 1941, but for African-American service members like Luther Hendricks, racism... Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:49:05 GMT /military/2020-11-09/a-95-year-old-veteran-remembers-fighting-wwii-in-the-pacific-and-racism-at-home Robert Garrova /politics/2020-09-02/trump-takes-jab-at-biden-during-v-j-day-visit-to-battleship As thunderstorms threatened, President Donald Trump sped through a V-J Day speech on Wednesday, trumpeting American strength and managing to squeeze in a… Wed, 02 Sep 2020 20:59:45 GMT /politics/2020-09-02/trump-takes-jab-at-biden-during-v-j-day-visit-to-battleship Associated Press /military/2020-09-02/president-trump-to-declare-wilmington-first-official-world-war-ii-heritage-city Wilmington, North Carolina is about to become the first World War II Heritage City in the United States. President Donald Trump is expected to make the… Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:56:55 GMT /military/2020-09-02/president-trump-to-declare-wilmington-first-official-world-war-ii-heritage-city Rachel Lewis Hilburn /politics/2020-08-31/trump-to-visit-wilmington-to-declare-it-a-wwii-heritage-city President Donald Trump will visit Wilmington on Wednesday to declare it a World War II “Heritage City.”����app outlets report that the visit is timed to… Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:03:42 GMT /politics/2020-08-31/trump-to-visit-wilmington-to-declare-it-a-wwii-heritage-city Associated Press, Mitchell Northam