About 75 years ago, the U.S. Navy built a marine railway in Unalaska, which was basically an underwater railroad that helped the military haul boats out of the Bering Sea during World War II.
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Boston’s gay veterans will march in St. Patrick’s Day parade
The controversy over the initial decision to exclude gay veterans had alienated many traditional supporters of Boston’s signature cultural event.
75 years later, Americans still bear scars of internment order
Two months after Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the executive order that paved the way for Japanese-American internment. Decades later, those dark days resonate.
Iraq opens offensive on western Mosul in new push to reclaim ISIS stronghold
Iraqi forces, which have largely cleared ISIS militants from the eastern half of the city, launched operations Sunday to reclaim the rest of Mosul, where commanders expect an even tougher fight.
Update: Coast Guard says 2 men missing after skiff capsizes near Ketchikan
The two men left Mountain Point near Ketchikan either late Saturday or early Sunday. When they didn’t arrive on Annette Island on time, one of the men’s fiancée called the Coast Guard.
After a massive evacuation, Greek city defuses a World War II bomb
The unexploded bomb, which had been buried for decades, was discovered near a gas station in Thessaloniki. Officials took no chances, evacuating more than 70,000 people before removing it.