THE statement by Gary W Adams of Dallas, USA (Irish heroes of WW II deserve to be pardoned, July 2) that soldiers who had deserted the Irish Army had been “court-martialled” for fighting against the Nazis and Japan during WW II, is incorrect.

MY wife and I were visiting Ireland last week when I ran across an article in your paper about the 5,983 Irish soldiers who had been “court martialled” for fighting against the Nazis and Japan during World War II.

A mortar bomb from the Second World War was found today in the archaeological ruins of Pompeii, Italy, police officials said.

Almost 3.5 million files on Second World War prisoners will be made public by the Vatican in January as part of a promised release of documents intended to counter criticism of the papacy during the Holocaust.