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Old Photo Album: On The Road With Western New York Heritage

Our executive director travels to several European scenes that were featured in a pair of our 2019 stories, and visits the locations where Western New Yorkers made history.

D-Day Remembered: Saving Sergeant Niland

We mark the 75^th anniversary of the Normandy Invasion with a look at some of Tonawanda’s real-life soldiers and the inspiration for Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan.”

John Lord O'Brian: Lawyer & Public Servant

Dubbed the "Dean" of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Warren Burger, attorney John Lord O'Brian argued over 50 cases before the nation's highest court, while serving his community and his country in many other ways as well.

Metamorphosis of a War Criminal: Bell’s Rocket Genius

Following the Second World War, Dr. Walter Dornberger was one of many former Nazis who launched a second career in America’s space program.

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The Greater Buffalo & The U.S.S. Sable

To meet wartime demands for pilot training, the SS Greater Buffalo was one of two Great Lakes cruise ships converted to aircraft carriers on the Inland Seas.

Endnotes: “Even a Blind Sow Picks Up an Acorn Once in a While”

Research into a typo in the Spring 2018 issue discovered that the mistake was inadvertently correct, with a further Western New York connection to boot!

Growing Up on the Home Front: Childhood Recollections of Buffalo During World War II

Veterans’ stories are not the only ones disappearing with the passing of the WWII generation. We share one man’s recollections of what it was like to be a child on the Buffalo Home Front.

Leading from the Front: The Wartime Career of Buffalo's Matt Urban

Polish-Buffalonian Matthew Urban served his country gallantly during the Second World War, emerging as the most decorated combat veteran in U.S. history.

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