Weekly History Wrap Up: 09/23/11.

Wonderful fall weather here in the Midwest.  Let’s take a look at the Weekly History Wrap Up.

UNBROKEN star, Louis Zamperini, spoke with young people at Christ School in Ashville, NC.

A war diary was recently published detailing the top-secret missions of Britain’s Special Air Service during World War II.

World War II heroes, Governor Edgar Whitcomb and Colonel John Compton will be in Indianapolis on Monday to tell their stories at the WWII roundtable.  If you’re anywhere close to the area, get there.

North Korea and the U.S. are set to resume talks regarding recovering the remains of American servicemen still missing from the Korean War.

Retired Army Colonel Bill Weber is still fighting for approval of a Korean War “Wall of Remembrance,” similar to the Vietnam Wall, listing the names of those lost during the “Forgotten War.”

Korean War veterans of the 3rd Infantry Division recently reunited in Branson, Missouri, though numbers are dwindling.

And lastly, for those who thought the American Civil War was bad enough, new reports reveal that it was worse than commonly believed, with dead numbering some 750,000, a full 20% higher than most previously held estimates.

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