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# 70th Anniversary

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'They had legs ripped off ... faces missing': An eye witness recalls the horror of Okinawa

“We simply had no idea what to do. I was 17. We all thought we would be back at school in a week.”

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Jun 23rd 2015, 6:20 AM

Did you know self-heating cans of soup were a thing in the 1940s?

A welcome comfort for WWII soldiers…if they didn’t explode.

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Mar 23rd 2014, 4:00 PM