She also helped open the door for American women physicians to serve in the United States military in World War II and beyond ... delayed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius on March 17, 1944.

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The ancient Romans were unaware of the massive danger posed by a volcano in their midst, so when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79, thousands of people scrambled to escape several small seaside towns.

After a few years of calm, chaos returns to Mount Vesuvius. Tour operators and travel agencies in Campania are up in arms over some anomalies in the procurement of online tickets; the ticket ...

No more visits to the Vesuvius National Park for tourists staying on the Sorrento peninsula. The coastal area tour operators are threatening to boycott the site. This stance is linked to the ...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld the conviction of seven villagers for attempting to fraudulently acquire land by forging the will of a World War II soldier who disappeared in 1943.

The fate of a Boonville man who served during World War II has finally been determined ... and relocated the remains to a temporary U.S. military mausoleum near Manila. In 1947, the AGRS examined ...

The remains of two soldiers killed during World War II will be buried next week with full military honors. U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. Edward S. Kovaleski will be interred Wednesday at Arlington ...