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During World War II, tens of thousands of Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and live in camps. For a Colorado author, the story of his own family’s incarceration inspired him to look at the legacy of those camps. He discussed his new book about it, on today’s In The NoCo.

The last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor has died. Lou Conter, a former Colorado resident, was 102.

The Colorado Sun Editor Larry Ryckman joins us to talk about the battle over Hughes Memorial Stadium and long-delayed recognition for a Colorado WWII soldier.

The process of getting Amache under the National Park Service umbrella involved years of effort. It means more funding for preservation in the short term. But no matter who administers the site, everyone involved hopes the survivors – and their stories – stay front and center.

It started with a teacher who saw an opportunity to do a living history project and wound up volunteering to keep up the site at Amache for 30 years. Today, historians, survivors, and archaeologists are fighting to preserve the history there.

The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II is something many don’t know about. The descendants of those imprisoned at Amache are sharing their family stories and helping to shed light on this dark period in history.

Today on Colorado Edition, we hear what Northern Colorado veterans from the War on Terror are thinking about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Then we hear about two WWII veterans who were recently given the recognition they deserve.

On a sunny morning under the shade of a big tree just north of the Regis University campus in Denver, a small group of people gathered around 102-year-old Edward Flaherty on Friday to honor him for what he did when he was young. They came to give him the medals he earned in World War II, but never received.

The remains of a sailor killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 have been identified as a 23-year-old Colorado man.The Loveland…

Army Lt. Leila Morrison was a combat nurse during World War II."She would talk about trying to take care of the boys while shells were exploding over her…