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STRIPES (Brian McElhiney, Keishi Koja) - More than 11 tons of World War II ordnance cleared from Okinawa in a year | Stars and Stripes

Japan’s military cleared 20,138 pieces of ordnance weighing 11.47 tons in the past fiscal year, as the former battleground continues to yield buried ammunition.

YOUTUBE (CNN) - Europe’s wildfires are setting off bombs from World War II

Firefighters battling wildfires in Europe are finding bombs beneath their feet. The reason involves one of the most famous battles from World War II.

AMERICANGREATNESS (Victor Davis Hanson) - Were the Bombs of August 1945 ‘Demonic’?

Did Demons Create the First Atomic Bombs? Every August, debate renews over both the wisdom and the morality of dropping the two American atomic bombs, […] Source

STRIPES (Devin Klecan) - Air Force special operators in England hail British ‘Chindits’ of WWII as inspiration | Stars and Stripes

Members of an Air Force special operations wing based in England paid respects at a memorial honoring a British-led World War II special operations force.

ABCNEWS - WATCH: Navy weighs stripping Black WWII hero’s name on ship to replace with Trump's: Sources

Sources tell ABC News the Pentagon may strip WWII hero Doris Miller's name from a U.S. aircraft carrier to rename the ship after Pres. Trump.

JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Putin's visit to disputed island draws outrage in Japan

The Kuril Islands became part of the Russian Federation after World War II, though Japan maintains a claim on several of the islands, including Iturup, which Putin visited this week.

AI:Vladimir Putin’s recent excursion to the contested Kuril Islands has ignited a firestorm in Japan, exposing the widening geopolitical friction over territories seized following World War II. While Tokyo views these visits as an aggressive affront to their sovereignty, Moscow continues to solidify its grip on islands like Iturup despite international outcry. This territorial maneuvering highlights the escalating tensions in the Pacific as Russia pushes boundaries, much like their recent efforts to destabilize Moldova or disrupt Ukrainian energy infrastructure through various proxy methods and hybrid warfare tactics.Open

STRIPES (Wyatt Olson) - Wisconsin Navy veteran who survived Pearl Harbor attack dies at age 104 | Stars and Stripes

Rolland Briar, who survived the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor while stationed on USS Whitney, died Saturday in Green Bay, Wis.

STRIPES - From the archives: Female aviators of WWII honored, 2010 | Stars and Stripes

Three aviators who served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots program during WWII are reunited at Arlington National Cemetery’s Women’s Memorial.