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  • SportAOL

    Fisherman shell-shocked by what he pulled from river

    Story and video from SWNS A dad was left shell-shocked after he went magnet fishing for only the second time - and pulled out 19 grenades from a single river. Che Williams, 42, decided to visit the River Tame near Sutton Coldfield, West Mids.,

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  • NewsAOL

    Thousands evacuated as huge Second World War bomb is defused in Frankfurt

    Thousands of people were evacuated after a huge Second World War bomb was found in the German city of Frankfurt. Around 16,500 residents were ordered to leave their homes in the Ostend district on Sunday before work began to defuse the 500kg

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  • LifestyleAOL

    Army veteran's painful recollection of preparing solider for burial after D-Day

    D-Day veterans and world leaders have been taking part in emotional ceremonies to mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings that did so much to turn the tide of World War Two. The sacrifice made by so many has been summed up by one

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  • EntertainmentAOL

    The Night Witches: The pilots the Nazis feared most

    Meet the Night Witches, the daring female pilots who bombed Nazis by night! The all-female squadron from Russia was made up of some of the most successful bomber pilots of World War Two. They flew more than 30,000 bombing raids, and dropped

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    Sailor pictured kissing nurse in iconic WWII photo has died

    George Mendonsa, a World War II veteran whose claim of being a sailor kissing a nurse in an iconic image was verified using facial recognition technology, has died at the age of 95. Mendonsa was living in an assisted living facility in Rhode

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  • NewsAOL

    RAF hero takes to the skies again after 75 years

    A 96-year-old RAF hero has taken to the skies again nearly 75 years after last piloting an aircraft. As a former airman, great-grandfather Bernard Rye longed to be airborne once again, but thought his flying days were over until Bupa colleagues

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    Man uncovers WW2 air raid shelter beneath driveway

    A man was shocked to find a complete WW2 air raid shelter underneath his front drive. Simon Marks, 37, thought he had driven onto a flowerbed when the wheel of his black Vauxhall Zafira got stuck in a hole outside his home. See also: Three

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