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Rita Hennessey

World War II veteran still swinging - CNN.com - 0 views

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world war ii veteran eyewitness 7SS

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  • Rita Hennessey on 11 Nov 11
     
    (CNN) -- It has been more than 65 years, but for 93-year-old Anthony Snetro, the image of a Japanese torpedo bomber closing in on him will never go away. Snetro still has vivid memories of the day his life flashed before his eyes.
Rita Hennessey

Brothers went to war, but not all on the same side - CNN.com - 0 views

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7SS WWII history social studies

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  • Rita Hennessey on 09 Nov 11
     
    ""We were seven brothers -- seven soldiers," says 91-year old Chikara "Don" Oka, a World War II veteran now living in a retirement home in Los Angeles. "Five of us for the United States and two against us because they were stranded in Japan" when the war came. They're all American citizens born here in the United States."
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Submariners unsung heroes of Cold War - CNN.com - 0 views

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cold war social studies history 8SS submariners

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  • Rita Hennessey on 11 Nov 11
     
    (CNN) -- When Al Charette traveled to the North Pole, he went under it. The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, made history when it reached the North Pole on August 3, 1958, beneath the ice.
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