WWII veteran, San Diego educator dies weeks shy of 100th birthday
REGION — Just three weeks shy of his 100th birthday, WWII B-25 pilot and veteran Howard Dungan passed away on July 12, leaving a strong...
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WWII veteran Tom Rice attends documentary screening in Rancho Santa Fe
RANCHO SANTA FE — The R. Roger Rowe School in Rancho Santa Fe hosted a screening of CJ Machado and Mark A Vizcarra’s documentary film...
WWII monument lands Encinitas resident in France
The day July 29, 1944, holds a special meaning for Encinitas resident Kemper Cagney, the nephew of fallen U.S. Air Force pilot Joseph T. Cagney,...
A Pilot’s Survival
San Diego resident and B-17 bomber pilot Ed Davidson recounts a fiery flight, German POW camp...
Carlsbad playwright readies survival piece for stage premiere
OCEANSIDE — “I did what I had to survive. That’s all.” [amt_override]...
For one veteran, ride in B-17 was a trip into past
EL CAJON — His first mission: a target over Schweinfurt, Germany. The date, April 13, 1944 — it was a Friday.Douglas Dowell, then a 19-year-old...
