Christopher Bond, Former Missouri Governor and Senator, Dies at 86

May 14, 2025
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Christopher Bond, Former Missouri Governor and Senator, Dies at 86

[ad_1] Christopher S. Bond, who was Missouri’s youngest governor and the state’s first Republican governor since 1945 when he was elected in 1972, and who went on to serve four terms in the U.S. Senate, died on Tuesday in St. Louis. He was 86. His death was announced by Gov. Mike Kehoe, a fellow Republican. […]

April 11, 2025
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A US Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here’s why | World News

[ad_1] PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII: A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot, but none of the battleship’s crew members were badly hurt. The Missouri’s captain ordered a military burial at sea […]