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Showing posts with label World War II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World War II. Show all posts
Sunday, April 26, 2026

WWII vet Pete Peri passes away after 102nd birthday

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My family gathered in Baltimore, Md., earlier this month to lay to rest Pete Peri, Maryland contractor, WWII veteran, and my great uncle. He...
Monday, May 12, 2025

Are we at the end of 'Bretton Woods'?: White House reconsiders post-WWII world financial system

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Omni Mount Washington, Bretton Woods RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 "Bretton Woods," I said. "Are you sure it's still on...
Monday, June 24, 2024

Greenland opens new capital airport terminal, hopes to boost tourism, increase economic autonomy

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I was among the first passengers at the new Nuuk terminal today. Today a new international airport terminal opened at Nuuk, the capital of G...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Greenland celebrates 'National Day,' ever growing autonomy, but dependence on Danish aid persists

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Greenland flags celebrate National Day, Qaqortoq. Yesterday I was in Qaqortoq, Greenland, for Greenland National Day, June 21. (All photos b...
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Baltimore contractor, WWII infantry vet turns 100

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© Used with permission. Pete, a retired Baltimore, Md., contractor, WWII veteran, and my great uncle, turns 100 today, February 7. Upon grad...
Thursday, February 24, 2022

West fails democracy, reembraces appeasement

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The Eternal Love monument in Mariinsky Park in Kyiv commemorates an Italian POW and Ukrainian forced laborer who fell in love amid World Wa...
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Friday, May 29, 2020

Law prof joins 'Taps Across America,' honors Texas soldier, attorney, Justice Floyd A. Shumpert

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My longtime colleague, mentor, and friend, Professor J. Thomas Sullivan , joined Monday's "Taps Across America" remembrance (...
Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Researcher recounts riveting history of Auschwitz infiltrator

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Pilecki before 1939 Witold Pilecki was an officer of the Polish underground in 1940 when he allowed himself to be captured by the Nazis ...