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Visiting Battlefields and WWII Memorial Brings Closure to Elderly Vets

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Monday, 28 May 2007
The Greatest Generations Foundation, established in 2004, has so far helped more than 100 World War II veterans return to Europe to battle sites that have haunted their dreams. The purpose is to provide psychological peace to many veterans like Stan Tuhoski who, after revisiting Germany, believes he has finally found closure from his wartime nightmare.

Tim Davis, an Australian, founded the program having been inspired by his grandfather who fought alongside U.S. forces in the Pacific...
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Infants Have 'Amazing Capabilities' That Adults Lack

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Sunday, 27 May 2007
"Soon after birth, infants are keen and sophisticated generalists, capable of seeing details in the world that are visible to some other animals but invisible to adults, older children and even slightly older infants, such as..." (Live Science)Thanks to Sergio Orozco for the link!
 

Student Saves Choking Teacher, Performs Heimlich Without Knowing How

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Sunday, 27 May 2007
"Georgia fifth grader, Lester Knauls, Jr., has never seen someone perform the Heimlich maneuver. No one ever taught him first aid techniques. But, when he saw his teacher, Shirley Hines, choking Tuesday, his instincts took over ... The teacher was pointing to her back to get him to slap it ... but somewhere in the back of his mind, Knauls heard a voice tell him to do something else." (Clayton News-Daily)
 

World War II Heros Meet for Last Time (Video)

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Saturday, 26 May 2007
America's 1.8 million World War II veterans, now in their 80's and 90's, are dying at the rate of 1,500 a day, but 150,000 of them came together with their families in Washington, D.C., to witness the dedication of the WW II Memorial in 2004. Tune in this weekend as PBS airs a beautiful film that follows a group of these vets, from Air Group 16, who have been meeting as friends for 40 years to reminisce about their experiences and remember their fallen comrades. Through stunning archival footage, period music and dramatic first-person accounts, experience their final reunion during this last great gathering of World War II vets. Poignant, verité cinematography captures the bittersweet moments as Air Group 16 celebrates together, for what will be the last time... (Click Read more to see an amazing VIDEO clip)
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Lack of Short-Term Memory Doesn't Stop New Grad

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Saturday, 26 May 2007
College freshman Andrew Engel was diagnosed in 1995 with a malignant brain tumor, and after treatment was left without any short term memory. His doctors told him to forget about college, yet he never gave up. He made medical history in an experiment that taught how to store memory by reading things four or five times. Now, after studying at the University of Maryland in Baltimore for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, never missing a class, Andrew is graduating with a 4.0 average. (Listen to NPR interview)
 
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