Killeen Daily Herald

70 years later, retired officer returns to World War II sites where he fought

After leaving the Pacific battlefields of World War II, retired Lt. Col. Kenneth “Scooter” Barclay, a Killeen resident, said he never imagined returning. “I was in college and saw that the war was ...

World War II day at Hagen History Center to mark Battle of Bulge siege

The World War II siege of Bastogne will be the focus at Erie's Hagen History Center on Jan. 17. The daylong event will ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

A look at some D-Day sites, 80 years after World War II’s end

This year being the 80th anniversary of World War II's conclusion is as good a time as any to visit its European battlegrounds. In March, my dad and I made the trip to tour, via car, the D-Day (June 6 ...
KRQE Blogs

WWII veterans speak of sacrifice and freedom on D-Day battlefields after 81 years

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly ...