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Dignified transfer held in Omaha for World War II soldier captured by Japanese forces in 1942
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (39+ words) Yahoo Family stood by as Omaha honored Cpl. Robert Clark Pierce, a WWII prisoner of war whose body was discovered in January 2026....
Lost in 1941, WWII Soldier Will Be Laid to Rest at Omaha National Cemetery
1+ week, 1+ day ago (73+ words) The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. Robert C. Pierce, 28, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, will be interred Sept. 8 at Omaha national Cemetery in Omaha, Nebraska. Services and interment are being coordinated…...
Fair Winds and Following Seas: Rolland Briar, Green Bay Pearl Harbor Veteran, Dies at 104
3+ week, 3+ day ago (303+ words) Rolland E. Briar, one of the last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, died on August 1. He was 104 years old. With his passing, there are now 10 Pearl Harbor survivors, and all of them are centenarians. Briar was born in Marinette, Wisconsin, in 1922 and…...
Haiku, a very long staircase at a former secret military base in Hawaii
4+ week, 4+ hour ago (170+ words) The United States officially entered World War II the day after the Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. El Caminito del Rey, a vertigo route along a pedestrian walkway attached to a gorge The spectacular Breitachklamm,…...
In A Hidden Hawaiʻi Gulch, A Wartime Secret Opens To The Public
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1280+ words) Honouliuli National Historic Site Superintendent Christine Ogura orients docents during training Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, at Hawai'i Plantation Village in Waipahu, Hawaii. Credit: AP/Kevin Fujii Hours after Japanese war planes bombed Pearl Harbor and military installations across Oʻahu on December 7, 1941, martial…...
World War II veteran laid to rest 84 years after his death
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (315+ words) A World War II veteran who died in a prisoner-of-war camp was finally laid to rest 84 years later at Fort Smith National Cemetery. William Keele was not from Arkansas, but veterans, firefighters and other community members gathered to honor his…...
Hoosier sailor's lost remains return more than 80 years after Pearl Harbor attack
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (262+ words) The remains of Hoosier second cousins Paul and Wayne Newton were recently identified and buried more than 80 years after they were lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Many members of Paul Newton’s family traveled to Washington, D.C., to see…...
Wisconsin Navy veteran who survived Pearl Harbor attack dies at age 104
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (316+ words) Rolland Briar, who survived the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, died Saturday in Green Bay, Wis. He was 104. Briar, who will be buried with full military honors this weekend, was among about a dozen remaining veterans of the Dec....
WWII POW soldier William Keele returns home to Arkansas after 80 years
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (130+ words) Army Technician William Keele, who died as a prisoner of war during World War II, is returning to Arkansas after his remains were identified and brought home. An Arkansas soldier who died as a prisoner of war during World War…...
19-year-old who died in WW II laid to rest in Pennsylvania 80 years later
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (34+ words) CBS News 19-year-old who died in WW II laid to rest in Pennsylvania 80 years later...