Korean War

Posted April 23, 2019 06:00:00 Kay Waldron was 11 in January 1951 when her family received word her older brother, Royal Australian Air Force pilot Geoff Stephens, was missing in action in the Korean War. The 23-year-old flew with the RAAF's famed No. 77 …

A 2.5-mile-wide strip of land is all that's keeping two heavily armed countries from facing off. Newslook Panmunjom, South Korea Patrick Gauchats workspace literally is a minefield a thin swath of isolated territory, crowded with tanks, artillery, and thou…

The 1st Marine Division was on the move toward the Yalu River. With any luck, if the weather cooperated, the United Nations police action in Korea would be over in weeks. The 5th Marine Regiment (5th Marines), most of the 7th Marines, and three artillery bat…

As the owner of the world’s largest collection of haggadot, the National Library of Israel is no stranger to unusual versions of the text that Jews read on Passover. Among the library’s 10,000-odd haggadot is the Prague Hagaddah from 1556, of which only two …

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JTA — As the owner of the worlds largest collection of haggadot, the National Library of Israel is no stranger to unusual versions of the text that Jews read on Passover. Among the librarys 10,000-odd haggadot is the Prague Hagaddah from 1556, of which only …