Tag: Gene Pfeffer
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Vince Bzdek: ‘The biggest undertaking by mankind in the history of the world’
Shortly after the D-Day invasion started 80 years ago this week, Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower — walking the Normandy beaches with his son 2nd Lt. John Eisenhower — said this: “If I didn’t have air supremacy, I wouldn’t be here.” That statement somewhat contradicts the single “Private Ryan” image most people hold in their heads of…
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Colorado centenarian who served as British Army officer in WWII shares her slice of history
Nine months to the day before guns fell silent on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, effectively ending World War I, Monica Agnew-Kinnaman was born in Britain. She grew up in the north-central county of Yorkshire and heard stories of uncles who served in World War I — one…
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Two Colorado veterans featured in Tuskegee Airmen documentary
Two military veterans with ties to the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs will be featured in the History Channel documentary, “Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage.” The one-hour program honors and remembers the more than 14,000 African-American men who were part of the Tuskegee aviation program during World War II. The…