WWII veteran

Human Interest
National

80 years after VE Day a veteran says, 'I hope people will see the futility of it all'

5:00am May 08, 2025

Army veteran Harry Miller was stationed in Germany when the Nazis surrendered. Upon hearing the news, he recalls that American troops went to sleep or shook hands. "And some just couldn't believe it."

Rod Serling enlisted in the U.S. Army after graduating high school. He trained to be a paratrooper and was assigned to the 11th Airborne Division's 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Arts
Books
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A WWII story by The Twilight Zone's Rod Serling is published for the first time

5:00am May 09, 2024

by Elizabeth Blair

Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling was a paratrooper during WWII. After the war, he wrote a short story inspired by the experience. It's now being published for the first time in The Strand.

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Lou Conter, pictured at the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in 2016, died on Monday. He was the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

National

Lou Conter, last survivor of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, dies at 102

12:15pm April 03, 2024

by Vanessa Romo

The seaman had a storied career in the Navy. Over 27 years he served, he survived the surprise attack by Japan, was shot down over the Pacific and was uninjured in the Korean War.