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FILE - This April 6, 2003 file photo shows Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and reporter Rick Atkinson in Karbala, Iraq. Henry Holt and Company announced Thursday, May 23, 2013, that Atkinson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and reporter, plans an American Revolution trilogy covering the years 1775-1781. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Sgt. Jason L. Austin, file)
An award-winning and best-selling World War II historian is turning to an older conflict for his next project: the American Revolution.
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A military burial is scheduled in eastern Pennsylvania for a World War II soldier whose remains were recovered after more than 65 years.
Finals week was dangerous for Thomas Saenz.
Robert Edsel, started the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art to honor the work of men and women who helped protect cultural treasures during World War II.
DALLAS - After selling his Dallas oil and gas company and moving to Europe, Robert Edsel found himself in the art-drenched Italian city of Florence. Standing on the city's famous medieval covered bridge - the Ponte Vecchio - he began to contemplate how so many famous sites and works of art in Europe survived the destruction of World War II.
In this photo taken Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Yang Yankang, a son of Chinese Nationalist army war veteran and curator, speaks about the importance of the lost images he and his team brought to light of the U.S. and Chinese joint efforts in fighting off the Japanese during World War II in an exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan. Hundreds of photographs taken by U.S. army photographers in the China-Burma-India combat theater of WWII were on display in April in Taipei in a rare exhibition that brought some closure to many Chinese Nationalist army soldiers who fought off the occupying Japanese but were quickly forgotten after the country fell to communist rule. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
In this photo taken Tuesday, April 2, 2013, a visitor takes a souvenir photograph at a massive exhibition of lost World War II photos in Taipei, Taiwan. Hundreds of photographs taken by U.S. army photographers in the China-Burma-India combat theater of WWII were on display in April in Taipei in a rare exhibition that brought some closure to many Chinese Nationalist army soldiers who fought off the occupying Japanese but were quickly forgotten after the country fell to communist rule. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, a visitor walks past a photograph of an American and Chinese soldiers sharing a smoke outside of a massive exhibition of lost World War II photos in Taipei, Taiwan. Hundreds of photographs taken by U.S. army photographers in the China-Burma-India combat theater of WWII were on display in April in Taipei in a rare exhibition that brought some closure to many Chinese Nationalist army soldiers who fought off the occupying Japanese but were quickly forgotten after the country fell to communist rule. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
In this photo taken Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Ma Ming-liang, 90, center, points to lost war time photographs as he recalls stories of fighting the Japanese during World War II at a photo exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan. Hundreds of photographs taken by U.S. army photographers in the China-Burma-India combat theater of WWII were on display earlier this month in Taipei in a rare exhibition that brought some closure to many Chinese Nationalist army soldiers who fought off the occupying Japanese but were quickly forgotten after the country fell to communist rule. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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As I went on a run the other day, I literally stumbled upon a cobblestone, that turned out not to be a cobblestone after all. They were placed in the brick sidewalk, two bronze blocks lying next to another. On these stones read the names of a (presumbly) husband and wife, Iva and Hermann Zorn, stating that they had lived in the neighboring house. Underneath the names stood the respective birth dates, and then the phrase:
Dot Buckanin of Galloway, a member of the 99's (National Association of Women Pilots) points out details on a painting in the restaurant of the bomber flown in WWII by a local Hammonton doctor. Saturday March 16 2013 Hammonton Municipal Airport. (The Press of Atlantic City / Ben Fogletto)
MILLVILLE — Patricia Witt remembers the streets of her hometown coming alive the day word came that World War II ended.
The Millville Army Air Field Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with a commemorative fundraising event called "WWII Day in Millville" at the Levoy Theater on High Street in Millville Sunday afternoon. Photo/Dave Griffin
The Millville Army Air Field Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with a commemorative fundraising event called "WWII Day in Millville" at the Levoy Theater on High Street in Millville Sunday afternoon. Photo/Dave Griffin
The Millville Army Air Field Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with a commemorative fundraising event called "WWII Day in Millville" at the Levoy Theater on High Street in Millville Sunday afternoon. Photo/Dave Griffin
Bill and Donna Millard, from Leesburg, sample the fine fare provided by the Orr House on High street in Millville during The Millville Army Air Field Museum 25th anniversary�s commemorative fundraising event called "WWII Day in Millville" at the Levoy Theater on High Street in Millville Sunday afternoon. Photo/Dave Griffin
Dale Wettstein, from Millville, samples the fine fare provided by the Orr House on High street in Millville during The Millville Army Air Field Museum 25th anniversary�s commemorative fundraising event called "WWII Day in Millville" at the Levoy Theater on High Street in Millville Sunday afternoon. Photo/Dave Griffin
Museum volunteer Cammy Trivellini, from Vineland, and Museum Historian John Flint, from Williamstown, shared a few laughs while chatting during The Millville Army Air Field Museum 25th anniversary�s commemorative fundraising event called "WWII Day in Millville" at the Levoy Theater on High Street in Millville Sunday afternoon. Photo/Dave Griffin
Board of Directors Chairman Russell Davis, from Millville, addresses the audience during The Millville Army Air Field Museum 25th anniversary�s commemorative fundraising event called "WWII Day in Millville" at the Levoy Theater on High Street in Millville Sunday afternoon. Photo/Dave Griffin
Board of Directors Chairman Russell Davis, from Millville, addresses the audience during The Millville Army Air Field Museum 25th anniversary�s commemorative fundraising event called "WWII Day in Millville" at the Levoy Theater on High Street in Millville Sunday afternoon. Photo/Dave Griffin
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