HAMDEN – Robert Muthersbaugh was, according to his relatives, a “riot” and a “spark plug.” He was a favorite uncle. He was a salesman. And he was someone who, after losing his driver’s license, made a ...

HAMDEN — Four unusual visitors — two men and two women — came to the door of Robert Muthersbaugh’s Braeside Drive home in Hamden on a recent evening. Attired in military dress, the men were defense ...

PILSEN, Czech Republic — This Bohemian city known for its namesake beer had the thankfulness flowing all weekend long in tribute to the American forces who freed it from Nazi oppression 80 years ago.

In 1945, Joe Esquibel served as a guard at a prisoner-of-war camp for soldiers from Nazi Germany near the town of Mariánské Lázn, in what was then Czechoslovakia. Among Esquibel’s possessions was a ...

OCONTO – After World War II ended, Richard Jenkins and thousands of other U.S. Army comrades were sent into then-Czechoslovakia to stabilize the country and maintain order. The Oconto man is among the ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (WCCO) -- Photographs will fade over time, but Richard Pieper's memories of his service are crystal clear. For the World War II soldier, bullets, bombs and bodies are impossible to ...

Introduction: Writing a postwar history -- Phoenix rising : housing and the early debates on socialist modernity -- Typification and standardization : Stavoprojekt and the transformation of ...

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