Tag: pearl harbor
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Cañon City resident delves into personal stories of those lost in Pearl Harbor, WWII, WWI
Cañon City resident Jim Kaminksi used to mark Pearl Harbor Day each year in school, but he never knew the names of the local people who died. Ahead of this year’s ceremony in Cañon City to mark the 83rd anniversary of the bombings, he compiled information on 40 of the 41 Coloradans who died in the…
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Last of the Greatest: These five Colorado vets survived WWII. Here are their stories.
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Last of the Greatest: These five Colorado vets survived WWII. Here are their stories.
There’s a timeless quality to World War II that America’s other conflicts don’t possess. The battle across two oceans came against powerful enemies who possessed much of three continents. The objectives of the war came with a clarity Americans haven’t seen since: We would either topple our fascist opponents or learn to speak Japanese and…
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Colorado Springs gathers to remember Pearl Harbor
Locals will gather at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum downtown on Friday to remember the 77th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Expected in the crowd is USS Arizona survivor Donald Stratton, one of five men living who escaped the doomed battleship during the Japanese surprise attack. The event is set for 11 a.m. at the museum,…