Articles tagged: World War II
Ypsilanti Housing Commission executive director to receive $85K salary
Posted: Mar 15, 2013The Ypsilanti Housing Commission's new executive director will receive an $85,000 salary, as he moves the commission toward financial solvency. Read more »
World War II front-line nurse, author Mildred MacGregor dies at age 100
Posted: Feb 17, 2013Note: This article has been changed to correct a name. Mildred A. MacGregor, a World War II front-line nurse who published a memoir about her experiences treating soldiers from the Battle of the Bulge and ... Read more »
Veterans Day: 'We shall never forget': France honors Ann Arbor veteran's World War II valor
Posted: Nov 11, 2012Ann Arbor resident Glenn Dickerson vividly remembers the 37 months he served during World War II. The experience was one that produced memories he will never forget. Read more »
Saline World War II vet awarded high school diploma 68 years late
Posted: Jun 27, 2012Theodore Westphal is now a high school graduate at the age of 86. The longtime Saline resident received his high school diploma from Saline Area Schools at the regular Board of Education meeting Tuesday. Superintendent ... Read more »
During World War II, University of Michigan was an arsenal of brainpower
Posted: Nov 18, 2009Cannon fire signals the beginning and end of each day. Soldiers march in uniform, in formation, across the Diag - and at Michigan Stadium on football Saturdays. Professors take extended leave to fight overseas - ... Read more »
Geoff Larcom: Recalling the life of a World War II hero
Posted: Aug 06, 2009They are precious stories, and they are slipping away from us as the gallant men and women who lived the remarkable details of World War II leave us one by one. With pride and love, ... Read more »
NBC Field Notes: Ann Arbor man a World War II hero, then and now
Posted: Jul 27, 2009NBC News Correspondent Mark Potter, who grew up on Ann Arbor's Old West Side, wrote a story today about his former neighbor, Paul Rosasco. Potter writes, "While growing up here many years ago, my brother, ... Read more »
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