How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
How This Airman Survived 3 Months in the Alaskan Wilderness After a World War II Plane Crash Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Leon Crane was co-piloting a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber when an engine malfunctioned and it crashed...
V-J Day: The Formal Surrender of Japan V-J Day commemorates the Allied victory over Japan in World War II on Sept. 2, 1945.
What It Was Like to Be Fighting the Japanese on V-J Day It took almost a week to convince the six to seven thousand Japanese on Cebu that the war was really over. They had to be...
Bones Found at Japanese Site Where Korean Forced Laborers Died in WWII Three possible limb bones and a skull were found in the past two days by Korean divers at the former site of the Chosei Mine...
America's Last Living Ace Pilot from World War II Dies at Age 103 A World War II veteran from Nebraska believed to be America’s last surviving “ace” pilot because he shot down five enemy...
The Gold Star Mom Who Rallied America After Losing 5 Sons During World War II Despite the largest loss of life sustained by one family in the U.S. Navy's history, Alleta and Thomas were determined to...
100-Year-Old Veteran Kept Jewish Prayer Book over His Heart as He Confronted the Holocaust Among the challenges I faced was the growing, horrific knowledge of what Hitler was doing to my fellow Jews. I was angered...
10 Classic Films About D-Day, Recommended by a War Historian D-day has drawn the attention of numerous filmmakers over the years. Here are ten of the best D-day films, each suggestive of...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
This Navy Dentist Engraved 'Remember Pearl Harbor' on Hideki Tojo's Dentures For roughly three months in 1946 and 1947, the man who approved the attack on Pearl Harbor walked around Sugamo Prison with...
Black History Month Turns 100 Black History Month highlights Black servicemembers whose courage shaped the military despite segregation and discrimination.
DoW Christian Service Draws Dozens of Complaints from Members, Contractors One contractor told Military.com that the email invite was "stark, depressing, almost threatening."
The Youngest American Killed in Vietnam Enlisted in the Marines at 14 PFC Dan Bullock became the youngest American service member killed in the Vietnam War after forging his birth certificate to...
Why You Didn’t Get the Job: Understanding How Companies Hire In today’s turbulent, unpredictable and frustrating hiring market, job-seekers are seemingly doing everything right and...
