80 years after his death, WWII soldier and Columbia native laid to rest at Fort Jackson
Arthur Crossland Jr. was killed fighting German forces during WWII. On March 14, 2025, the Columbia native received a proper ...
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Why an American infantry unit built a monument for a fallen German soldier
To this day, there is only one American-built monument located in any German military cemetery and it stems from a rare act ...
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‘In war, nobody wins and everybody loses’: 99-year-old Vancouver resident helped liberate Frankfurt from Nazis
Harry Humason glided his finger over a worn page in a world atlas. He paused when his fingernail brushed against a small, yellowed Post-it note with a handwritten message reading simply, “Frankfurt.” ...
Denby Fawcett: Army Wipes 442nd Combat Unit Off The Web Amid DEI Purge
The military removes a web page honoring the Hawaiʻi unit's World War II exploits and its thousands of Japanese-American ...
WWII hero finally comes home: remains of Columbia solider to be buried 80 years later
A WWII veteran whose remains were previously listed as unaccounted for will be laid to rest on Friday in his hometown of ...
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Part of 41 renamed Swearingen Memorial Highway
His daughter, Sandra Swearingen Douglas, believes that these speaking engagements helped him process the trauma he had ...
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APS-2 Army civilian: what’s not changed over the past 250 years is taking care of people
The six Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksites in Europe serve as a strategic deterrent and support theater requirements in ...
Germans Reach Deal to Spend Big on Defense, Climate and More
The agreement between centrist parties, led by the likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, was billed as a response to ...
Germany Chooses Rearmament, at Last
Berlin seals a deal to ramp up defense spending indefinitely.