Articles tagged:World War II

Posted: Wed Nov 18 6:04 a.m. by James Dickson
During World War II, University of Michigan was an arsenal of brainpower

Cannon 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 - and some never make it back home, let alone campus. Such was life at the ...

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Posted: Thu Aug 6 10:43 a.m. by Geoff Larcom
Geoff Larcom: Recalling the life of a World War II hero

They 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, family members savored and recalled the life of Fred Atkinson, a former Manchester resident who ...

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Posted: Mon Jul 27 8 a.m. by Amalie Nash AnnArbor.com News Director
Ann Arbor man a World War II hero, then and now

NBC 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, Alan, and I idolized Paul Rosasco, the World War II veteran who lived on the ...

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