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Hero of Telemark Joachim Ronneberg

This man saved us from a Nazi nuke

THIS World War II resistance fighter is being remembered for leading a team of commandos against impossible odds to destroy Adolf Hitler’s hopes of building a nuclear bomb.

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990709-N-4697S-002 ABOARD USS CURTIS WILBUR (July 09, 1999) -- USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) patrols the waters of the Arabian Gulf as part of Carrier Task Force Five Zero (CTF-50) deployed in support of Operation Southern Watch. Curtis Wilbur is currently operating with the USS Constellation (CV 64) in support of Operation Southern Watch. U.S. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 3rd Class John Sullivan. (RELEASED)

Gunboat challenge to China

THE United States is getting pushy. It just sent two warships through the narrow strait between China and Taiwan. Beijing isn’t happy about it.

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US bombers back Trump’s bluster

EVEN as Trump declared China’s President Xi was ‘not a friend of mine anymore’, waves of B-52 bombers swept over the disputed South China Sea. Now Beijing’s angry.

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