'Stories To Be Told': World War II Backdrop For New High School Program “They get to understand the different aspects of history and why we have the freedoms that we have today," a program head...
Veteran Who Served for Both Japanese and US Forces Turns 100 "Mino" Ohye, who pulled off quite a rare feat during his military service, celebrated his 100 birthday on Thursday in West...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Soviet Troops Liberated Auschwitz 81 Years Ago Today marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 81st anniversary of that liberation. Commemorations are taking place...
A U-Boat Killed 763 American Soldiers on Christmas Eve in 1944. The Army Kept It Secret for 50 Years Howard woke up around midnight in a hospital in Cherbourg, France. He was among the lucky ones. On that Christmas Eve in 1944...
NY Man Honors Grandfather’s Legacy by Preserving World War II Memorabilia His grandfather passed away in 2018. Brendan Gibbons still works to preserve his legacy through collecting and restoring...
Final Wish Granted: D-Day Veteran, 100, Receives France's Highest Military Honor After thinking he was too young to receive France's Legion of Honor when he served in World War II, British Marine veteran...
One of the Last Tuskegee Airmen Celebrates 99th Birthday Brigadier Gen. Enoch "Woody" Woodhouse, one of the last surviving heroes of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, celebrated a...
The Last US Cavalry Charge in History: 27 Troopers Routed Japanese Forces in the Philippines During WWII Twenty-seven cavalrymen charged Japanese infantry at Morong, Philippines, on January 16, 1942. They scattered hundreds of...
Operation Teardrop: The Secret Navy Mission to Stop German Submarines From Launching Rockets on New York City In the final weeks of the war, the Navy hunted down and sank five German submarines in the North Atlantic. They stopped what...
Black Sunday Over Ploesti: WWII Mission Became the Costliest Air Raid in US History One hundred seventy-seven B-24 Liberators took off from Libya on August 1, 1943, bound for the Romanian oil refineries at...
New York Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Will Finally Receive Medal of Honor Advocates pushed for years for Michael Ollis to receive the nation's highest honor. On Tuesday, their dream became a reality.
Hundreds Turn Out to Honor Navy Veteran Who Would Have Been Buried Alone Hundreds of strangers filled a Pennsylvania church to ensure a U.S. Navy veteran who died without family received the send...
Why Some Disabled Veterans Can't Get Both VA Disability and Military Retirement Pay Military service members planning medical retirement face a critical decision point at the 20-year mark.
How a Wounded Pigeon Named Cher Ami Saved the Lost Battalion in WWI A wounded pigeon named Cher Ami helped save a battalion of American soldiers, becoming one of the most recognized animals in...
This 20-Year-Old Sacrificed His Life and Became the First Black Marine Medal of Honor Recipient Every February, Black History Month shines a light on Americans whose contributions shaped the nation. One belongs to Pfc...
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-01/Mino%201%20.jpg?itok=ULDG5h2L ""Mino" Ohye salutes during a party at the West Sacramento VFW. (Submitted)")
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-01/woodhouse_1__0.jpg?itok=EYdUjABY ""Woody" Woodhouse laughs showing a photo from his World War II days at his birthday celebration on Wednesday. (Submitted photo)")
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-01/110124-d-7991k-007.jpg?itok=CqZoa-sL "Artwork "Fire Over Ploesti" by Roy Grinnell, Air Force Art. (Air Force Historical Support Division)")
