Articles tagged as: World War II
May 11, 2021
Remains ID'd Of 2 Indiana Brothers Killed At Pearl Harbor
The brothers from La Porte in northern Indiana were assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941.
Read MoreAugust 13, 2020
Remains Identified Of Indiana Marine Killed In WWII Battle
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Wednesday that it had identified Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Charles D. Miller's remains using dental and anthropological evidence, DNA and other evidence.
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2019
France To Honor 94-Year-Old WWII Veteran With Top Honor
Jimmie H. Royer of Terre Haute will be awarded France's Legion of Honor on Sept. 29 during a ceremony at an American Legion post in the city.
Read MoreMarch 13, 2017
New Exhibit Takes Visitors To Camp Atterbury During World War II
The Indiana History Center's newest "You Are There" experience is set in a chapel built by Italian prisoners of war in 1943.
Read MoreDecember 7, 2016
World War II Veterans Gather At State Museum On 75th Anniversary Of Pearl Harbor
Wednesday, Dec. 7 is the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The attack precipitated the entrance of the United States into World War II. More than 340,000 Hoosiers served during the war, and a few of them gathered at the Indiana State Museum Wednesday for a panel discussion.
Read MoreAugust 1, 2016
Vincennes Museum Acquires WWII-era Soviet Tank
The massive tank arrived Thursday aboard a flatbed semitrailer from the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia.
Read MoreMarch 29, 2016
Dog Tag Returned To Family Of Hoosier Soldier Killed In Japan During WWII
Pfc. Thomas Davis, of Roachdale, Indiana, was killed on the island of Okinawa in 1945. His dog tag was discovered on the Pacific island of Saipan in 2014.
Read MoreJuly 27, 2015
Reunion Marks 70th Anniversary Of USS Indianapolis Sinking
Fourteen survivors of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II gathered in Indianapolis to mark the 70th anniversary of the attack.
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