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Remembering Pearl Harbor attack 70 years later
Seventy years ago on Wednesday, one of the world's great paradises became one of the world's most hellish flashpoints.
Even if you've been to Oahu's Pearl Harbor, paid your respects and thought you had seen it all, think again. The $56-million Pearl...Tags: Travel, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tourism and Leisure, Human Interest, National Parks
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Flashback update: Bears game on Dec. 7, 1941
One mystery about Dec. 7, 1941, remained after scrubbing the Tribune's coverage of that fateful day: How did fans who were at the Chicago Bears-Chicago Cardinals game hear about the attack? The newspaper is silent on the matter. Luckily for Chicago...Tags: New York Giants, Chicago Bears, National Football League, U.S. Cellular Field, Green Bay Packers
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Pearl Harbor attack galvanizes city
The shocking news from Pearl Harbor interrupted a Bears broadcast.
Many Chicagoans learned of the surprise attack 70 years ago this week when WGN Radio's Ward Quaal broke into the transmission of the Chicago Bears-Chicago Cardinals game at about 1:30 p....Tags: Radio, Washington, DC, U.S. Army, WGN, Air and Space Accidents
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12 micro-itineraries for coastal Orange County
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHear that? That dull roar, like the sound from inside a shell? That might be the Orange County coastline calling you — 42 miles of beach and beach towns, give or take, from San Clemente to Seal Beach. Follow the advice here, and this coastline...Tags: George Washington, Realty, Seinfeld (tv program), Hotels and Accommodations, Highway Transportation
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Memories of Pearl Harbor
Retirees now living in South Florida remember what it was like 70 years ago when Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, including a veteran who was a security officer on "the day that will live in infamy." -
Ron Kaye: Learning the lesson of the 9/11 tragedy
It was just before 2:30 in the afternoon of Sunday Dec. 7, 1941 when a New York radio station interrupted the broadcast of the New York Giants football game with a shocking news bulletin: The Japanese had staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S....Tags: CBS Corp., Radio, Radio Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment
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Taken for Granted: Digging into the Dorie Miller story
A late-February lunch conversation turned to the subject of Black History Month, and specifically to a man named Doris Miller. That's right, his first name was Doris; but to friends and anyone wishing to avoid his wrath, it had better be Dorie. An...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment, Movies, Football, Firearms
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Tropico Perspective: It's time to reclaim our values
We have lived with 9/11 for 10 years today. I was in Florida on a business trip, scheduled to fly out that afternoon for Los Angeles when I woke in time to watch the second plane hit the World Trade Center Tower. From that moment on, our nation changed....Tags: Politics, Ethics, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Constitutional Issues, Values
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Charles Higham dies at 81; controversial celebrity biographer
Charles Higham, a poet, critic and prolific celebrity biographer who found political and sexual intrigue in the lives of Hollywood icons such as Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich and, most controversially, Errol Flynn, died April 21 at his Los Angeles home. He...Tags: Heart Attack, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Howard Hughes, Peter Bogdanovich
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Men Of War: Brothers Heading To D.C. To Be Honored At WW II Memorial
The Hartford CourantWhen you are 93, tomorrow is hoped for but never promised. So, when John Cyrulik got the news in January that he and dozens of other veterans would get a chance to visit the World War II Memorial inWashington, D.C., in May his reaction was mixed. He was...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Army, Rocky Hill, Trips and Vacations, Memorial Day
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Assignment Alaska, Historic Kalakala for Sale in Tacoma
The Kalakala, a historic ferry which has plied the waters of Puget Sound and was later used by Alaska fish processors on Kodiak Island, is up for sale – for only one dollar.
More about that later. But first, let’s retrace the Kalakala&...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Tour Operations Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest
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History of the Military in Alaska
The military’s long and important history in the Great Land began at the very moment Alaska became American soil, Oct. 18, 1867. Elements of the Army’s 9th Infantry were on hand as the Russian Golden Eagle was lowered and the Stars and...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, World War II (1939-1945), Patrick Henry, Russia, U.S. Army
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