Arlington Cemetery Debuts New Interactive Map

Arlington Cemetery Debuts New Interactive Map

By Matthew Barakat WASHINGTON — Arlington National Cemetery on Monday made available to the public a massive electronic database detailing the gravesites of the roughly 400,000 people buried there. Cemetery officials built the database over the last two years to...
Oldest Auschwitz Survivor Dies at 108

Oldest Auschwitz Survivor Dies at 108

WARSAW, Poland — The oldest known survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp – a teacher who gave lessons in defiance of his native Poland’s Nazi occupiers – has died at the age of 108, an official said Monday. Antoni Dobrowolski died Sunday in the...
Women Soldiers Form Mentor Group

Women Soldiers Form Mentor Group

By: Susanne M. Schafer   SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. — Under a poster showing a female soldier in full combat gear and toting an M4 automatic rifle, about 40 Army officers and enlisted soldiers came together last week at their military headquarters in South...
Military Members Face Student Loan Debt Problems

Military Members Face Student Loan Debt Problems

WASHINGTON — Members of the military are having trouble grappling with the confusing patchwork of student loan benefits they can receive and often end up taking on tens of thousands more dollars in debt than they needed to, says a new government report. The report...
NJ New Firefighters: Post 9/11 Vets

NJ New Firefighters: Post 9/11 Vets

By Katie Zezima   NEWARK, N.J.  —  When Marland Lawrence entered the fire academy after coming home from the Navy, he was surprised to find out he was not the only veteran in his class. Almost everyone else had also just left the military. Lawrence was...

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