World War II

Today, just after Memorial Day, we’ll learn the story of a WWII airman from Williamsport whose remains were finally identified last year. He'll be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery this summer.

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Staff Sgt. John H. Danneker, a 19-year-old airman from Williamsport, died when his B-24 'Liberator' bomber crashed into the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark in 1944. His remains were identified last year.

Today - learn how state lawmakers feel about President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, celebrate two veteran birthdays and get ready for trout fishing season.

Two World War II veterans celebrated a century and more than a century of life in Lackawanna County over the past week.

Walter Sowa, a 1942 graduate of Newport Township High School in Luzerne County, reflects on his military service and decades as an educator at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.

At 18, Gene Passarella headed to war. At 99, the Purple Heart recipient heads to downtown Scranton, ready for the next performance of the Gene Dempsey Orchestra.