Irmgard Furchner sits in the courtroom at the beginning of the trial day in Itzehoe, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. Christian Charisius/AP hide caption
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Water flows in Coldwater Creek on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, behind a row of homes at Belcroft Drive and Old Halls Ferry Road in Missouri's St. Louis County. Environmental investigation consultants have found significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school, which sits in the flood plain of Coldwater Creek which was contaminated by nuclear waste from weapons production during WWII. Christian Gooden/AP hide caption
Price Controls, Black Markets, And Skimpflation: The WWII Battle Against Inflation
Robert P. Madison served in the 370th Regimental Combat Team, 92nd Infantry Division, the only all-Black division to see infantry combat in World War II. Library of Congress hide caption
'Trying To Prove Something:' A WWII Vet Remembers His All-Black Battalion
The USO operates 230 locations on seven continents, manned by more than 30,000 volunteers. Austin Cross/KPCC hide caption
Nearly 80 Years On, The USO Still Keeps Service Members Connected To Home
Dorothy Buchanan, Dorothy Murray and Dorothy Kern — who call themselves "the three Dots" — grew up in the same hometown and celebrated their 100th birthdays together this year. Rebecca Conley/Maine Public Radio hide caption
For These '3 Dots,' 100 Years Of Friendship, Fellowship And Fun
Sgt. Charles Kelley was honored with the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I. Courtesy of Kathleen Kelley Rushlow hide caption
Benzonia is one of more than 100 World War I-era wooden ships in Mallows Bay, Md. The ship was built in 1919 in Washington state. In 2003, Hurricane Isabel lifted the Benzonia wreck on top of another World War I steamship. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption
New National Marine Sanctuary For Shipwrecked Vessels Is A 'Time Capsule'
In 2017, President Trump honored Navajo Code Talker Fleming Begaye Sr. at the White House. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
The American Military cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands, where David McGhee's grandfather, Sgt. Willie F. Williams, is buried. Marcel Van Hoorn/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Mysterious Suitcase Helps Connecticut Man Discover His Grandfather's WWII Service
President Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron took part in a ceremony Sunday to commemorate the end of World War I. Francois Mori/AP hide caption
The Pentagon has identified the remains of Lawrence E. Dickson (second left), pictured in 1942 with members of the graduating class at Tuskegee Army Flying School. Afro Newspaper/Gado/Getty Images hide caption
An undated photo shows a Ku Klux Klansman and Neo-Nazi demonstrator holding symbolic shields at a march in Palm Beach, Fla. In Bring the War Home, author Kathleen Belew argues that America's disparate racists groups came together after the Vietnam War. Steven D Starr/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
How America's White Power Movement Coalesced After The Vietnam War
"What the American Founding Fathers understood was that institutions were built for human imperfection, not human perfection," Condoleezza Rice says. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
An Army horse wears a gas mask to guard against German gas attacks. Courtesy of U.S. National Archives hide caption
The Unsung Equestrian Heroes Of World War I And The Plot To Poison Them
Pribilof Island residents evacuated on U.S. Army Transport Delarof, in June 1942. National Archives, General Records of the Department of the Navy hide caption
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, sweet potato consumption in the United States nearly doubled in just 15 years. U.S. Department Of Agriculture hide caption
World War II veteran Rudolpho Panaglima lives in Arlington, Va., with his wife, Pura, who holds a portrait of their four children living abroad. Their eldest son, Rolando, has been waiting 20 years for a visa to move to the U.S. from the Philippines. Evie Stone/NPR hide caption
Filipino World War II Veterans Living In U.S. Can Now Reunite With Family
Demonstrators rally against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's controversial security bills in front of the National Diet in Tokyo in September. The bills, which passed, will allow Japan to send its troops overseas for the first time since World War II. However, the likelihood of Japanese involvement in a foreign war appears quite small. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Boston on Monday. Dominick Reuter/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. and Japanese flags are raised during a joint memorial ceremony in Ogasawara, Tokyo, on March 21, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, one of World War II's bloodiest battles. AFP/Getty Images hide caption