World War II

Rick Atkinson Plans to Refight the Revolutionary War

Posted on 06/18/2013 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

EntertainmentRick Atkinson’s Guns at Last Light has topped bestseller lists since May. It was the third volume in the “Liberation Trilogy,” his epic history of World War II, and now the two-time Pulitzer winner has reupped for another conflict: the Revolutionary War. Atkinson, 60 (left), spent a grueling 15 years researching and writing the three WWII books (which now have a combined 900,000 copies in print). But “the American Revolution has always had a grip on my imagination,” he says. …

Bob Fletcher: An Unsung Hero During World War II

Posted on 06/4/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyRobert Emmett “Bob” Fletcher, who died on May 23 at age 101 in the Sacramento area, fought heroically to defend his fellow Americans during World War II, though he never put on a uniform or fired a shot. His struggle, though, was not against the Axis powers. Rather, it was  against an injustice perpetrated by the U.S. government itself: the 1942 forced relocation of 122,000 Japanese-Americans, most of them citizens, to internment camps, where they were held without charges out …

U.S. Still Making Payments to Relatives of Civil War Veterans

Posted on 03/20/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin TodayBy Mike Baker of The Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat. An Associated Press analysis of federal payment records found that the government is still making monthly payments to relatives of Civil War veterans — 148 years after the conflict ended. At the 10 year anniversary of …

George Aratani: A WWII Internee Turned History Buff

Posted on 02/22/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyGeorge Aratani was as personally well-known as the  imported products sold by the companies he founded — most notably, the Mikasa line of dinnerware, and Kenwood home audio equipment. Nevertheless, Aratani helped ensure that Americans knew the larger the story of the injustice inflicted on him and 122,000 Japanese Americans at the outbreak of World War II, when they were forced to leave their homes and live behind fences and under armed guard in internment camps, often losing their property and businesses …

Long-Missing WWII Medals Awarded in L.A.

Posted on 02/18/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Home & FamilyBy Robert Jablon of The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California woman who grew up knowing little of her father — a heroic casualty of World War II — is now the proud owner of his long-lost battle medals, including a Silver Star and Purple Heart. Hyla Merin’s mother never spoke about the Army officer who died before she was born. The scraps of information she gathered from other relatives were hazy: 2nd Lt. Hyman Markel was a …

Charles Durning: 5 Facts About the Consummate Character Actor

Posted on 12/26/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | LegacyYou might remember Charles Durning as the crooked Lt. Snyder in the classic 1973 film The Sting, or as the World War II Medal of Honor winner who confesses to killing his best friend in a 2004 episode of the hit TV series NCIS. Or you might recall him as the U.S. President that a renegade Air Force General (portrayed by Burt Lancaster) tries to force to release a scandalous secret document in the 1977 movie thriller Twilight’s Last Gleaming. Or …

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