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Rihanna took some yelling for the 'Battleship' team
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- It was quite a contrast. On one side of me was the cast of the "outer space creatures vs. humans" sci-fi action film "Battleship."On the other, the solemnity of the memorial for the USS Arizona, sunk on Dec. 7, 1941, during the...
Tags: Peter Berg, Battleship (movie), Bleep (euphemism), Chicago Tribune, Music
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Men Of War: Brothers Heading To D.C. To Be Honored At WW II Memorial
The Hartford CourantWhen you are 93, tomorrow is hoped for but never promised. So, when John Cyrulik got the news in January that he and dozens of other veterans would get a chance to visit the World War II Memorial inWashington, D.C., in May his reaction was mixed. He was...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Trips and Vacations, Human Interest, U.S. Army, Middletown
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Military Channel unveiling “Narrow Escapes of WWII”
Channel Guide Magazine[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Most World War II history buffs know about the so-called “Great Escape” as lionized in the film starring Steve McQueen, but war is full of... -
Peter Berg sinks his teeth into 'Battleship'
ABOARD THE USS SPRUANCE — On a clear, windless morning in January, director Peter Berg climbed from aU.S. Navy helicopter onto the deck of this 9,200-ton destroyer steaming north off the coast of San Diego and hurried to the bridge to meet the ship'...
Tags: Will Smith, Health, Physical Therapists, Afghanistan, Brooklyn Decker
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WWII battleship to begin transformation into L.A. museum
The battleship Iowa, a storied vessel that languished for years in the U.S. Navy's mothball fleet, is about to start its final journey, from San Francisco to its permanent home as a museum in the Port of Los Angeles. Next Sunday, four tugboats will guide...
Tags: Crowley Maritime Corporation, Staten Island (New York City), World War II (1939-1945), Port of Los Angeles, Japan
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Voice of the People, May. 06
Shameful bragging As a World War II veteran, Barack Obama's persistent grandstanding over Osama bin Laden makes me sick. Mickey Mouse would have made the "decision" to get bin Laden. Since the failure to get bin Laden in Tora Bora in 2001, in part...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Osama bin Laden, Democratic Party, Dialysis, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
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WWII internee recounts life in captivity during OCC panel
TribLocal - Des Plaines » NewsFollowing the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the anti-Japanese hysteria that swept the country, one painful memory seems to linger above the rest for Chiye …... -
Charles Higham dies at 81; controversial celebrity biographer
Charles Higham, a poet, critic and prolific celebrity biographer who found political and sexual intrigue in the lives of Hollywood icons such as Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich and, most controversially, Errol Flynn, died April 21 at his Los Angeles home. He...Tags: Australia, Ava Gardner, Marlene Dietrich, Olivia de Havilland, Bette Davis
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Pearl Harbor survivor from Virginia Beach dies
Frank Chebetar of Virginia Beach, who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and worked to honor those who fell that day, died on Wednesday. He was 90. Mr. Chebetar was among the small band of Pearl Harbor survivors in Hampton Roads featured last year in...
Tags: Human Interest, Hampton Roads
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At 102, female WWII veteran keeps doing good deeds
It's all about "mitzvah," said Bea Abrams Cohen as she sought to explain one possible secret to her longevity. The meanings of the Hebrew word include an act of human kindness or a good deed. That's what Cohen, age 102, has spent a lifetime doing.
"Pay...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Veterans Affairs, U.S. Military, Vietnam, U.S. Army
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The Interview: Sally Brice-O'Hara
As the No. 2 leader of the Coast Guard, Vice Adm. — and Vice Commandant — Sally Brice-O'Hara is the chief operating officer of an organization with a $10 billion budget and 58,000 military and civilian employees, plus 31,000 volunteers....Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Pacific Ocean, Bill Belichick, Human Interest, Harvard University
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Band needs help to buy $71,000 worth of new uniforms
For incoming freshman to the Wellington High School Band the uniforms they will be wearing will be as old as them. Since 1998, for each parade, community performance or charity event the Mighty Wolverine Sound marching band members have donned their...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Teaching and Learning, Education, Students
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