World War II

It didn't take GM President William S. Knudsen long to make up his mind. President Franklin D. Roosevelt needed him.

In the spring of 1947, former Army sergeant and now Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz pleaded with his boss to add one more...

There will be no efforts to remove artifacts or human remains out of respect for the families of those who died.

The word sisu has no direct translation to English, but the gist of its meaning is a white-knuckled form of courage and...

Before Harry Belafonte was a superstar, known as the "King of Calypso" for his smash hits in the 1950s and for funneling his...

He was working as a crane operator shuttling supplies to the Arizona the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.

Baseball players enlisted in droves. For most of them, any kind of wound could end their major-league dreams forever. Some...

Audrey Hepburn didn't talk much about her experiences during World War II, but one biographer was listening.

Ben Ferencz championed the creation of an international court which could prosecute any government’s leaders for war crimes.

The U.S. believed that springing forward one hour would give more time for work while saving on energy costs.