Remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Ellingson, who died in a Tokyo military prison fire in 1945, have been identified through new DNA technology.
The Trump administration's plan to cut roughly 80,000 jobs from the VA's nationwide service delivery system has prompted concern among local unions and veterans advocates.
“Yankee Gal” was one of 21 bombers lost during the mission. German forces recovered Nando Cavalieri's body and ID tags and buried him in Doberitz, Germany, a small town outside Berlin, about four days later.
Since 2019 the United States has deployed non-overlapping rotations of its own groups of about 500 troops and equipment in Lithuania, adding to the alliance's efforts to deter Russia from its vulnerable flank.
One hundred acres where the Finland Air Force Station used to operate is for sale for $800,000. The property, which still has some existing military housing from the 1960s, is a Superfund site.
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi had led the group since the death of its founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was also killed when he detonated explosives during a U.S. raid in 2019.
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By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Steve Holland / Reuters