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Whakaata Māori again brings Aotearoa together in remembrance and reflection this Anzac Day honouring our servicemen and women and their whānau, beginning with the Dawn Service from Auckland War ...
You can watch ‘Secret Agent Selection: WW2’ here. ‘Surviving Black Hawk Down’ is a three-part docuseries that shows the actual soldiers and Somali people who survived the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in ...
The Crete public library opened in 2020, and it continues to put a premium on representing the entire community through programming and resources.
CRETE, Neb. (KOLN) - A house fire in Crete claimed three lives Wednesday evening. The Saline County 911 Center received a report of a porch fire at a home in the area of 16th Street and Oak Avenue ...
Rising atop Mount Samat in Pilar, Bataan, the Dambana ng Kagitingan (Shrine of Valor) stands as a solemn tribute to the bravery and sacrifices of Filipino and American soldiers during World War II.
This spot on Crete’s north-eastern coast – an hour’s drive on the winding coastal road east from Heraklion airport – is a natural amphitheatre overlooking a private sandy beach. Elegantly ...
AN iconic Rolls-Royce which was driven by Winston Churchill during WW2 is going up for auction for an eye-watering price. The 1936 Phantom II limousine is going under the hammer next month and is ...
Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images. When Dave Crete was stationed at the Nevada Test and Training Range as an Air Force security troop in the late 1980s, his dorm room was just ...
When setting off on a metal detecting adventure, two youths never expected to find a cache of weapons buried in the bushes. The cache, likely originating from a World War II battle that took place in ...
The federal housing minister and local Liberal candidates toured a business in Ancaster that makes prefabricated buildings today, rolling out an old wartime idea that could work to combat Canada ...
While that hub focuses on the west of the Mediterranean, Crete could become a connection hub for East Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, Digital’s Coquio said, pointing to a growing number of ...
The end of an era as Arthur Leggett, the last surviving veteran soldier having fought in the Battle of Rethymno, #Crete, in May 1941, passed away aged 106. Born in 1918, Leggett’s life was shaped by ...