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If ever there was a case of love at first sight, it happened on January 17, 1942 at a dance in Asheville, North Carolina.On that night, 21-year-old Billee…
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Seventy years ago this week, the Empire of Japan surrendered. That announcement on August 15, 1945 ended the fighting in World War II.Edward Morisette…
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It was one of the most jubilant days in history.VE Day: the end of the Second World War in Europe. David Kiley of Ann Arbor has a unique link to that…
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Erna Roberts has had a full life. As a survivor of the WWII Nazi takeover of her homeland, Latvia, as well as two separate Russian occupations, still…
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Today marks a significant historical anniversary that is likely to go largely unnoticed. World War II really began 75 years ago today, when Great Britain…
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For months, we’ve been embroiled in Detroit’s bankruptcy and attempts to save what there is worth saving.It is hard to pick up any national publication…
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She was born in Germany, but as life for Jews in Germany became more dangerous through the 1930s, she and her family moved to the Netherlands – to…
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It's quite a long line to draw from a writer's studio in Michigan in 2014 to the West Coast during World War II. That's where over 110,000 people of…
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Today, Gov. Rick Snyder rolled out a new statewide recycling plan that aims to increase recycling across the state. Michigan is seventh among the eight…
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It's no surprise that shipping conditions on the Great Lakes are miserable, even though spring has officially sprung and the shipping season officially…