/tags/world-war-ii World War II en-US Copyright Thu, 08 Aug 2024 09:00:00 GMT /2024-08-08/world-war-ii-pilots-remains-come-home-to-middletown-to-rest Using DNA from family members, the U.S. Army has been able to identify the remains of many missing veterans. Now, a missing Middletown soldier鈥檚 family is finally able to bring their loved one home after 82 years. Thu, 08 Aug 2024 09:00:00 GMT /2024-08-08/world-war-ii-pilots-remains-come-home-to-middletown-to-rest Renee Wilde /2024-07-31/remains-of-wwii-soldier-returning-home-to-be-buried-in-middletown U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Dan W. Corson will be interred August 7 at Woodside Cemetery in Middletown. His plane was shot down over France during World War II. Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:19:20 GMT /2024-07-31/remains-of-wwii-soldier-returning-home-to-be-buried-in-middletown Jerry Kenney /2023-10-12/an-annual-wwii-reenactment-on-the-beaches-of-lake-erie Every year, thousands descend on the small Ohio town of Conneaut for what's billed as the world's largest D-Day reenactment. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:15:00 GMT /2023-10-12/an-annual-wwii-reenactment-on-the-beaches-of-lake-erie Ygal Kaufman /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-07-21/the-correspondents-six-women-writers-on-the-front-lines-of-world-war-ii A former Vogue model and one of Ernest Hemingway鈥檚 ex-wives were two of six women who not only made history but also covered it. We鈥檒l learn about the challenges they overcame to get the stories, succeed in a man鈥檚 world, and the toll it took on them. Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:05:00 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2022-07-21/the-correspondents-six-women-writers-on-the-front-lines-of-world-war-ii /npr-classical/npr-news/2020-07-29/where-are-the-thousands-of-nazi-looted-musical-instruments Researchers are still digging into the question and sharing their findings decades after the Nazis sacked the homes of Jews during World War II. Wed, 29 Jul 2020 09:04:00 GMT /npr-classical/npr-news/2020-07-29/where-are-the-thousands-of-nazi-looted-musical-instruments Eleanor Beardsley /show/the-american-sound/2020-06-22/violinist-revives-the-voice-of-a-violin-silenced-in-the-holocaust Among of the millions of voices silenced during World War II were those of countless musicians. While imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps, they lifted鈥� Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:26:00 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2020-06-22/violinist-revives-the-voice-of-a-violin-silenced-in-the-holocaust Jennifer Hambrick /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2020-05-25/remembering-d-day-and-world-war-ii This episode originally aired on June 5, 2019.June 6 marks the anniversary of D-Day, when more than 150,000 Allied troops spilled onto five beach along鈥� Mon, 25 May 2020 09:01:00 GMT /show/all-sides-with-ann-fisher/2020-05-25/remembering-d-day-and-world-war-ii /news-partners/2020-02-20/california-lawmakers-apologize-for-u-s-internment-of-japanese-americans The bill's sponsor says he was "disturbed by the striking parallels" between the treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and current U.S. immigration policy. Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:35:50 GMT /news-partners/2020-02-20/california-lawmakers-apologize-for-u-s-internment-of-japanese-americans Laurel Wamsley, Colin Dwyer /news-partners/2019-11-26/after-wwii-mutton-fell-out-of-favor-in-the-u-s-can-it-make-a-comeback Once the stuff of high-end cuisine, mutton consumption tanked thanks to competition from the cattle industry and GIs fed up with rations. Fans say it's time to re-embrace this underappreciated meat. Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:35:05 GMT /news-partners/2019-11-26/after-wwii-mutton-fell-out-of-favor-in-the-u-s-can-it-make-a-comeback Lisa Fogarty /show/the-american-sound/2019-10-15/pianist-revives-the-music-of-holocaust-survivor-karol-rathaus-in-new-recording-series 鈥淚t was dark, unsettling. And it, in a way, kind of reflected my own family鈥檚 dark history.鈥漈hat鈥檚 how the music of Austrian-born Holocaust survivor Karol鈥� Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:56:47 GMT /show/the-american-sound/2019-10-15/pianist-revives-the-music-of-holocaust-survivor-karol-rathaus-in-new-recording-series Jennifer Hambrick