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Decoded puzzle clue for the episode D.B. Cooper.
Frank DeVita was in charge of lowering the ramp on the USS Samuel Chase on D-Day. The role would haunt him for the rest of his life.
See what’s to come in the new series, World War II with Tom Hanks, premiering Monday, May 25th at 8/7c and streaming the next day.
855 Black women of the 6888th Postal Battalion delivered mail in WWII, breaking racial and gender barriers in the military.
The end of World War II was one of the most celebrated moments in 20th-century history—and is marked by multiple historic days.
