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WWII soldier from spokane returns home, buried

'Now I can move on' WWII soldier from Spokane returns home, laid to rest

Second Lieutenant Eugene P. Shauvin was buried on Saturday

World War II Veteran turning 100-years-old

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. -- 100-year birthdays are always remarkable, and for one local veteran, his 100th could be called extraordinary. Harold, or Hal Hubble is 99 and one of the…

Remains of soldier killed during World War II to be buried in Spokane

The remains of a soldier killed during World War II will be interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Spokane.

23-year-old opens exhibit at Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture honoring WWII veterans

23-year-old Davis started his oral history project Faces of Valor back in 2015 when he was just 17-years-old. He's interviewed more than 200 veterans so far.

World War 2 veteran celebrates his 100th birthday

Local World War II veteran celebrates his 100th birthday

Happy birthday, Donald!

Discovery of WWII bomb forces biggest peace-time evacuation in Italy

More than half of the population of the city of Brindisi, southern Italy, were evacuated from their homes Sunday due to an unexploded World War II bomb, according to authorities.

Just 1 living Pearl Harbor survivor will be able to attend annual ceremony

Saturday marks the 78th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, and one of the three remaining survivors of the USS Arizona will attend the annual ceremony in Hawaii.

Family finally buries their father after his plane was shot down in WWII

Gretchen Wronka and Martin Hintz had spent more than 60 years thinking their father, an Army pilot, was buried in Italy after he died in a plane crash during World War II.

Oldest living American World War II veteran is 110

His life nowadays is spent doting on his great grandkids.

WWII submarine missing for 75 years has been found

It's been 75 years since the USS Grayback went missing with 80 sailors aboard. Now, an organization that searches for sunken World War II submarines has solved the mystery of where it went down.

Submarine that disappeared mysteriously in WWII found after 77 years

The wreck of a British submarine that went missing during World War II with 44 people on board has been found off the coast of Malta.

Painting stolen by Nazis before WWII recovered from New York museum

A painting that has been in a New York museum for decades has been recovered by the FBI because the Nazis stole it from a Jewish family that fled Germany before World War II.

Another man in iconic Iwo Jima photo misidentified, Marine Corps says

The US Marine Corps said it misidentified another one of the six men featured in the iconic World War II photo of a flag being raised over Iwo Jima.

GOP anger at Trump grows as Turkey launches attack

Republicans savaged President Donald Trump Wednesday for allowing Turkey to attack US allies in Syria as the President offered varying reasons for giving Turkey the green light, including the fact that Kurds did not fight alongside the US in World War II.

WWII vintage plane crashes in Connecticut

Air National Guardsman aboard crashed B-17 helped save lives

The command chief for an Air National Guard wing is being credited for saving lives after a World War II-era B-17 bomber crashed at an airport near Hartford, Connecticut.

Crashed B-17 bomber one of 13,000 made

Nine-O-Nine, the vintage plane that crashed Wednesday while carrying aviation enthusiasts in Connecticut, was among 13,000 B-17 bombers produced in the buildup to and during World War II.

7 dead after WWII-era B-17 bomber crashes at Connecticut airport

Seven people are dead after a World War II-era B-17 bomber crashed into an airport de-icing facility while trying to land at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut, officials said.