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World War II veteran and TikTok star dies aged 102 - Beloved D-Day veteran was known fondly on the Internet as ‘Papa Jake’ ...
TikTok's beloved 102-year-old star Papa Jake Larson has died, leaving behind a legacy as a WWII veteran and inspiring social ...
In the bitter winter of 1941, British military prisoners in Nazi-occupied Germany huddled around a Monopoly set, dazzled by ...
Jake Larson, the World War II veteran and social media star known as “Papa Jake,” has died, his granddaughter posted on his ...
Carlsbad’s Nancy Stratford, now 106, is the last survivor of the 25 American women pilots who served in the Royal Air Force’s ...
Jake Larson was a World War II D-Day veteran and shared many of his stories on TikTok after McKaela Larson started an account ...
World War II veteran Thomas Roberts celebrated his 100th birthday with a special celebration at VFW Post 4588 in Bossier City ...
Photos show the USS Laffey still sitting upright on the seafloor with much of her bow and midsection intact despite more than ...
To boost troop morale and keep an eye on postwar reconstruction, the US Army requisitioned dozens of hotels across southern ...
A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach on D-Day will receive an award the World ...
World War II veteran Leslie Sinclair was on duty manning a defensive ‘pit’ in case of a Japanese attack near Balikpapan in Borneo when he heard the joyful cries of his brothers-in-arms shouting out – ...
Zamperini's dream of participating in the 1940 Tokyo Olympics was thwarted by World War II. The games were canceled and he traded his track shorts for a military uniform, thus commencing his second ...