/tags/world-war-ii World War II en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 04 May 2022 15:46:00 GMT /life-arts/2022-05-04/so-the-35-sculpture-you-got-at-an-austin-goodwill-was-looted-from-a-museum-during-wwii-now-what Laura Young thought she had gotten a deal. She then grew attached to the marble bust while she tried to figure out how to return it. Wed, 04 May 2022 15:46:00 GMT /life-arts/2022-05-04/so-the-35-sculpture-you-got-at-an-austin-goodwill-was-looted-from-a-museum-during-wwii-now-what Matt Largey /covid-19/2021-07-21/u-s-life-expectancy-fell-by-1-5-years-in-2020-the-biggest-drop-since-wwii The CDC says COVID-19 was the largest factor, along with drug overdoses, homicides, diabetes and chronic liver disease. The decline was even greater for Hispanic men. Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:54:59 GMT /covid-19/2021-07-21/u-s-life-expectancy-fell-by-1-5-years-in-2020-the-biggest-drop-since-wwii Jane Greenhalgh /news/2020-01-20/u-s-navy-to-name-aircraft-carrier-after-pearl-harbor-hero-from-waco The U.S. Navy says it will name an aircraft carrier after Doris "Dorie" Miller, the African American mess attendant who heroically leapt into combat� Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:37:13 GMT /news/2020-01-20/u-s-navy-to-name-aircraft-carrier-after-pearl-harbor-hero-from-waco Laurel Wamsley /special-coverage/2017-11-10/he-received-his-draft-orders-while-living-in-mexico-and-left-to-serve-his-country Francisco Chapa Alvarado was living in northern Mexico in 1943 when he received a draft notice from his native U.S. Alvarado, who had moved to Mexico with� Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:11:06 GMT /special-coverage/2017-11-10/he-received-his-draft-orders-while-living-in-mexico-and-left-to-serve-his-country Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez /texas/2016-12-09/museum-exhibits-nazi-propaganda-and-texas-media-during-wwii From Texas Standard:Adolf Hitler said "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it."Many historians agree that� Fri, 09 Dec 2016 21:45:00 GMT /texas/2016-12-09/museum-exhibits-nazi-propaganda-and-texas-media-during-wwii Alain Stephens | The Trace, Alexandra Hart /2016-12-07/at-92-a-japanese-american-reflects-on-the-lessons-of-internment-camps Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga was at a Los Angeles high school when she and other Japanese-Americans were placed in internment camps. Decades later, her efforts helped lead to an official apology. Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:00:00 GMT /2016-12-07/at-92-a-japanese-american-reflects-on-the-lessons-of-internment-camps Lauren Migaki /2016-12-06/no-fdr-did-not-know-the-japanese-were-going-to-bomb-pearl-harbor There's no evidence to support it, but the conspiracy theory that President Franklin Roosevelt knew beforehand about Pearl Harbor refuses to die, to the consternation of World War II historians. Tue, 06 Dec 2016 08:16:00 GMT /2016-12-06/no-fdr-did-not-know-the-japanese-were-going-to-bomb-pearl-harbor NPR Staff /life-arts/2016-11-11/a-soldiers-story-world-war-ii-and-the-forgotten-battle-for-the-aleutian-islands It was morning on June 5, 1942. My father was in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, when the Japanese fighter and bomber planes made their first pass. “I was on boat� Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:30:00 GMT /life-arts/2016-11-11/a-soldiers-story-world-war-ii-and-the-forgotten-battle-for-the-aleutian-islands Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez /texas/2015-08-06/why-padre-island-was-almost-an-atomic-bomb-site From Texas Standard:Seventy years ago this week, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Mike Cox is an� Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:05:35 GMT /texas/2015-08-06/why-padre-island-was-almost-an-atomic-bomb-site Laura Rice /news/2015-05-08/on-ve-day-americas-oldest-veteran-recalls-his-service Today is an important anniversary in the history of World War II. It's the 70th anniversary of VE Day, when Allies celebrated victory in Europe. Of 16� Fri, 08 May 2015 16:17:28 GMT /news/2015-05-08/on-ve-day-americas-oldest-veteran-recalls-his-service NPR Staff