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World War II

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80 years after D-Day, Microsoft uses AI to enhance archival materials and keep memories alive

by Kurt Schlosser on June 4, 2024June 5, 2024 at 2:16 pm

Microsoft is using artificial intelligence to help preserve the history of D-Day, 80 years after allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, and turned the tide of World… Read More

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WWII destroyer located by Paul Allen’s research vessel is deepest shipwreck ever discovered

by Kurt Schlosser on October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 at 11:22 am

The late Paul Allen’s ship-hunting team aboard the Research Vessel Petrel has reached record new depths with its latest discovery. Vulcan Inc. released footage Wednesday of the deepest shipwreck ever… Read More

Paul Allen’s Petrel project wins spotlight in TV show about Pacific War shipwrecks

by Alan Boyle on August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 at 6:31 pm

The voyages of the R/V Petrel, funded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen, are the focus of a National Geographic documentary premiering on Monday – and as a prelude… Read More

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Lost in 1943, the USS Strong is found again by Paul Allen’s Petrel research vessel

by Alan Boyle on February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 at 6:23 pm

The USS Strong put in less than a year of service at sea, but the destroyer and its crew nevertheless earned a place of honor in the U.S. Navy’s history… Read More

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Paul Allen marks Memorial Day with a look back at deep-sea gravesites he helped find

by Alan Boyle on May 28, 2018May 28, 2018 at 10:39 am

It’s traditional to revisit the gravesites of America’s fallen warriors on Memorial Day, but billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen is adding a non-traditional twist. Today the co-founder of Microsoft is highlighting… Read More

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Paul Allen’s hunt for historic shipwrecks scores another WWII find: the USS Helena

by Alan Boyle on April 11, 2018April 12, 2018 at 10:40 am

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s seagoing sleuths are reporting one more find in their quest to locate sunken military vessels from World War II. This time it’s the USS Helena, a… Read More

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72 years after fighting together in WWII, Navy pilots reunite at Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Museum

by Kurt Schlosser on November 10, 2017November 9, 2017 at 2:25 pm

Surrounded by the vintage aircraft they remembered from their days in the U.S. Navy, two aviators who fought alongside each other in World War II reunited after 72 years, thanks… Read More

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