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![Explosion of the USS Shaw's forward magazine during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_249572959-e1638912515605-900x422.jpg)
Remains of an Ohio WWII seaman killed during Pearl Harbor attack have been identified and will be buried in November
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense department authorities say the remains of an Ohio sailor killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, have been identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said… Read More
![The logo for the Ohio University Scripps School of Journalism.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screen-Shot-2022-12-19-at-5.16.27-PM.png)
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and Ohio University Libraries salute to D-Day journalists
Normandy Park near the Richland Avenue roundabout was established by former D-Day correspondent, journalism school director and communication college dean John Wilhelm to honor World War II correspondents. The park… Read More
![Veterans stand in front of a 1944 image of their comrades wading onto the beaches of France during D-Day commemorations in Portsmouth, England. Leaders of 16 countries involved in World War II joined Queen Elizabeth II at the ceremony on Wednesday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/gettyimages-1148110843-43d1d6d204994b88244b8995e4e6576d7fa14fcf-e1559746713493-900x422.jpg)
D-Day: Allies Commemorate Pivotal World War II Invasion, 75 Years Later
By: Bill Chappell | NPR
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“The fate of the world depended on their success,” Queen Elizabeth II said as she honored thousands of soldiers and sailors who took part in the invasion of Nazi-occupied France.
![Chester Nez, one of 29 Navajo Code Talkers whose language skills thwarted the Japanese military in World War II, is shown in a November 2009 photo. Nez died on Wednesday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ap091129099551-22e9467db5a228c0b053e01b4ce8e39a829a5e69-e1547588709751-900x422.jpg)
Last Of The Original Navajo ‘Code Talkers’ Dies At 93
By: Scott Neuman | NPR
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Chester Nez, one of the original 29 Navajo men who used their native language to confound the Japanese military during World War II, died of kidney failure on Wednesday.