World War II

While they suffered what was thought to be the highest per capita casualty rate in the war, Merchant Marines did not receive...

The Eskimo Scouts included 27 women, one of them in a combat role, along with an 80-year-old man and a 12-year-old boy.

The remains of an American airman who went missing in action in World War II may finally be on their way home.

The bill passed the Senate last October and now awaits the signature of President Joe Biden to begin the process of minting...

The treasures of the USS The Sullivans' Memorial Room were saved as the World War II-era destroyer was listing in the Buffalo...

Pvt. John Steele's unit parachuted in the wrong place, while Steele himself was unlucky enough to get his chute caught on a...

Young sailor Martin Matthews survived the sinking of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

2nd Class Gunner's Mate Millard Simmons was on a nearby ship when the U.S.S. William D. Porter was sunk by the Japanese...

Army Air Force pilot Hubert Mark Altvater flew during the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944, and later was a prisoner of war...

World War II veteran Bill Geiger wanted to be a pilot all my life whose uncle was a West Pointer.