World War II begins. May: As Germany marches into Belgium ... July - September: Allied forces capture Sicily and key spots in southern Italy. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is overthrown ...

Photographer Jeff Rease has spent the last three years taking portraits of World War II veterans around the world ... Lambert led a team of medics in north Africa, Sicily and Normandy, Rease ...

Harriet Petersen, of Cranston, wrote, "It was the only entertainment he had during his nine months of active service and now he will never see another." ...

The Taormina Film Festival will pay tribute to Giuseppe Tornatore's 'Malena' that launched Monica Bellucci internationally.