Many believe women in World War II were limited to nursing, but the reality is far more complex. From pilots and spies to factory workers and frontline resistance fighters, women played critical roles ...

As the U.S. war machine churned to life during World War II, the need for manpower began to push the limits of the ...

It was in 1951, when Rose was a nurse at MacDill Airforce Base in Florida, that she met patient Charles (Chuck or Fred), a World War II and Korean War veteran. Rose and Charles would later wed ...

LOVELOCK — Navy veteran and longtime Lovelock resident Mercedes Marcucci Starr has witnessed many events during her lifetime. From experiencing the Great Depression in the late 1920s to witnessing a ...

This year is a monumental year for public health in Chautauqua County. In 1925, the Chautauqua County Board of Supervisors approved the position and appointment of Isabella B. Bellshaw to serve as the ...

The family was able to secure visas and fled to the Chinese city of Shanghai, which took in more than 20,000 Jewish refugees during World War II ... living at the Belair Nursing & Rehabilitation ...