Jake Larson, World War II veteran turned TikTok star, dead
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More than 80 years after his death, a World War II veteran who was listed as missing in action has finally been laid to rest.
Philip E. Orbanes' book reveals the true story of how the Allies used the game to help free prisoners in World War II.
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The U-505 submarine served 12 patrols and sank eight enemy boats before the US Navy captured it. The U-boat is now on display at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. Visitors can walk through its control room and bunks that held space for its crew of 59 men.
Valley veterans and communities from across Central California will have an opportunity to experience the realities of war during an immersive new exhibit in Clovis.
Carlsbad’s Nancy Stratford, now 106, is the last survivor of the 25 American women pilots who served in the Royal Air Force’s Air Transport Auxiliary
In the bitter winter of 1941, British military prisoners in Nazi-occupied Germany huddled around a Monopoly set, dazzled by the contents that awaited them. They didn’t pluck Community Chest cards.
A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach on D-Day will receive an award the World War II Foundation.
Zamperini's dream of participating in the 1940 Tokyo Olympics was thwarted by World War II. The games were canceled and he traded his track shorts for a military uniform, thus commencing his second life. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and deployed to Hawaii in 1942 with the 11th Bombardment Group, Seventh Air Force, as a master bombardier.
Photos show the USS Laffey still sitting upright on the seafloor with much of her bow and midsection intact despite more than 80 years underwater.
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US Weekly on MSN102-Year-Old TikTok Star and World War II Veteran ‘Papa Jake’ Larson DiesWorld War II veteran Jake Larson, better known online as “Papa Jake,” has died. The social media star, who attracted 1.2 million followers on TikTok, was 102 “years young,” according to his granddaughter,
Bill McCubbin, a 102-year-old World War II veteran and former Ford dealership owner, traveled hundreds of miles from Indiana to Dearborn after seeing Ford's Heritage collection of vehicles on CBS News over the weekend. McCubbin's family contacted Ted Ryan, Ford's Archives and Heritage Brand Manager, about setting up a visit.