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80 YEARS LATER: Recalling end of World War II at Camp McCoy

On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard ...
Beyond Walks on MSN

The American World War II fighter that nearly killed its own pilots

During World War II, the American F4U Corsair was one of the fastest fighter planes ever built—and one of the most dangerous ...
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The World War II battleship everyone thought was obsolete

During World War II, battleships were widely viewed as obsolete as aircraft carriers transformed modern naval warfare. By ...
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This Month in Fort McCoy History — September World War II years, 1942-1945

Here’s a collection of excerpts from the special columns of This Month in Fort McCoy history that highlighted history at then-Camp McCoy in September ...

at Parham Airfield Museum

Peter Kindred grew up in a farmhouse stuffed with World War Two arms and explosives. His father's Home Guard uniform was ...