WWII Women's Army Corps member who spent most of life in Frederick dies at 101

At her centennial birthday celebration in 2024, Gertrude “Trudy” Carey Barrick was known by family and friends as “the life ...
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Salinas WWII soldier killed as prisoner of war identified 82 years later

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Friday that a World War II prisoner of war was identified on Friday. U.S. Army Corporal Raymond N. DeCloss of Salinas was accounted for on April 29, ...

WWII soldier missing since Bataan Death March identified, finally returning home

More than eight decades after he went missing during one of World War II's most brutal chapter's, U.S. Army Corporal James M. Walker is finally coming home.
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From Ashes to Foundations: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Postwar Japan (1945–1957)

In the smoldering wake of World War II, few places bore the scars of conflict like Japan. Cities lay in ruins, infrastructure crumbled, and entire populations were left homeless. Into this devastation ...