Some New News About an Old War.
1. STALINGRAD'S BACK-- From the Jan. 31, 2013, Washington Post. The southern Russian city of Volgograd will revert to its World War II name, Stalingrad, at least for awhile to commemorate the pivotal Battle of Stalingrad where the Red Army turned back German forces in one of the major events of the war. Feb. 2nd marked the 70th anniversary in the battle that resulted in some 2,000,000 deaths.
2. VANDALS DAMAGE WW II SHIP-- From the Feb. 2, 2013, Arkansas Online by AP. Four men were arrested for spraying fire extinguisher powder all over the destroyer escort USS Stewart, in Sea Wolf Park in Texas. Previously, much money had been spent on it to repair damages suffered in Hurricane Ike, Sept. 13, 2008.
GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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