WWII Navy Veteran Ira 'Ike' Schab, One of Last Remaining Pearl Harbor Survivors, Dies at 105 Schab was a sailor of just 21 at the time of the attack, and for decades he rarely spoke about the experience.
World War II Veterans, Held Captive at Same POW Camp, Meet More Than 80 Years Later Les Schrenk and Casey Bukowski's stories share much more in common than simply being World War II veterans.
Navy Chief Sacrificed His Life and Earned the Medal of Honor Saving 123 Sailors During the Battle of the Coral Sea Chief Watertender Oscar V. Peterson spent 21 years at sea before May 7, 1942, when Japanese bombs turned the USS Neosho into...
The 106th Infantry Division's Forgotten Sacrifice During the Battle of the Bulge Eighty years ago today, German artillery opened fire on an inexperienced American division that had been at the front for...
The General the Military Tried to Silence: Billy Mitchell and America’s First Modern National Security Whistleblower Billy Mitchell, a World War I air power commander, warned battleships were obsolete and future wars would be decided in the...
World War II Pilot Who Lived Through Four Plane Crashes Dies at 103 Reginald "Crash" Harrison lived through four plane crashes in WWII and lived to talk about it. He died in Canada recently at...
The One-Eyed Canadian Sniper Who Single-Handedly Liberated a Dutch City From 1,000 Germans in WWII A 23-year-old Canadian sniper wearing an eye patch walked into the Dutch city of Zwolle just after midnight on April 14, 1945...
The Japanese Submariner Who Became America's First WWII Prisoner After Pearl Harbor Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle...
Pearl Harbor Memories Still Fresh for World War II Veterans While America honors Pearl Harbor 84 years ago, World War II veterans E. Paul Ball and Luther Hendricks say the haunting...
JROTC History Project Uncovers School’s Unique World War II Background Curiosity over WWII memorial banners turned into a rewarding history project for JROTC students in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
![Pearl Harbor survivor Ira "Ike" Schab](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-12/ApNewsroom_Obit_Pearl_Harbor_Survivor_Ira_Schab_80803.jpg?itok=aHBvHBk5 "FILE - An attendee asks Pearl Harbor survivor Ira "Ike" Schab, 103, to sign an U.S. flag during the 82nd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin, File)")
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-12/harrison_1_.jpg?itok=pko9ZZps "Reginald "Crash" Harrison was a heavily decorated WWII veteran. (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)")
