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Minnesotan considered missing in action during World War II is coming home 80 years later thanks to DNA testing

November 17, 2025
For Veterans Day, Minnesota's official celebration took place outside the Twin Cities metro for the first time Officials and distinguished guests gathered at the National Guard Armory in Mankato

November 11, 2025
Former WCCO host and meteorologist Paul Douglas remembers his father Volker who died in August at 94 "Dad lived an amazing life, and he was able to share many of his stories of surviving fascism and authoritarianism"

August 20, 2025
D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary of landings D-Day landings were pivotal moment during World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Hitler’s Nazi regime

June 6, 2025
A 102-year-old World War II veteran dies en route to D-Day commemorations in Europe and is mourned

June 6, 2024
Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later "I’m here to tell you I’m not a hero, it’s those guys up there that gave their life so that I could make it through"

June 5, 2024
Burial planned Friday for Minnesota native, Storekeeper 2nd Class Glenn Cyriack, killed during Pearl Harbor attack

June 8, 2023
WWII ship surfaces in Lake Mead

July 22, 2022
Oldest known American WWII vet, a NOLA native, dies at 112

January 6, 2022