Tag: Wwii
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Legacy of uranium one of sadness and promise
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The legacy of uranium begins with the terrible power that ended World War II and poisoned the Navajo Nation. Its future promises pollution-free, endless energy. The development of the nuclear bombs that destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and compelled Japan to surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, began in 1939 when physicists Albert…
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WWII plane used in D-Day, other historic aircraft, on display this weekend at Englewood airshow
Before it took to the metro Denver skies on Friday morning, the C-47A troop carrier aircraft aptly named “That’s All, Brother” — as a warning message to Adolf Hitler — led the 800-plane armada on D-Day, dropping 101st Airborne Division Paratroopers behind enemy lines in Normandy, eventually finding its way to an aircraft junkyard in…
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The oldest WWII veteran in Colorado? It could be Harold Nelson, who turns 107 this week.
Harold Nelson was 26 years old when he headed off to war, the first person in Nebraska drafted into the Army in 1941, said the Denver resident’s daughter, Carolee Soden. “He served four years in the infantry division and he was in the war zone for two years, living in a foxhole … with no…
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Colorado man working to get USS Arizona unknowns identified
A Colorado man is determined that human remains from the USS Arizona are DNA tested and identified after a Pentagon agency in February suggested exhuming 85 gravesites marked “unknown” and entombing the dead in the sunken battleship at Pearl Harbor. Randy Stratton — son of Donald Stratton, who survived the surprise attack the morning of Dec.…
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Passion for WWII planes drew pilot to Colorado Springs
Seeing smiles on the faces of passengers aboard the World War II aircraft that Bill Klaers flies is all the motivation and reward he needs. Klaers’ Colorado Springs operation features one of the world’s most renowned restoration shops for World War II planes, and he heads a national museum next door. His passion for the…
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A last ride for Colorado Springs World War II buffalo soldier John Nichols
Buffalo soldier John Nichols has taken his last ride. The 96-year-old Colorado Springs native was remembered during a celebration of life ceremony Sunday at the rebuilt 1830s fur trading post Fort Lupton, northeast of Denver. With Nichols’ passing, only two buffalo soldiers from World War II remain alive, according to Nina Amos, vice president of…