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Adolfas Ramanauskas the Hawk vs. the USSR

November 15, 2011 History-1900+ Comments Off on Adolfas Ramanauskas the Hawk vs. the USSR

By Alvydas (Al) Karasa One of the last and best known commanders of Lithuanian armed resistance to Russian occupation was born in Connecticut HE STORY OF LITHUANIA’S ARMED RESISTANCE to Russian occupation during and after World War Two is a long and tragic one More than 50,000 died in the …

‘Hurricane Captain’ Romualdas Marcinkus – Pilot, Skydiving Pioneer

July 15, 2011 History-1900+ Comments Off on ‘Hurricane Captain’ Romualdas Marcinkus – Pilot, Skydiving Pioneer

By Al (Alvydas) Karaša “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” These words of praise by Winston Churchill for the airmen who defended England during the Battle of Britain are well known. But did you know that among those few was a pilot from the Lithuanian …

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