World War II

As the nation remembers the anniversary of Japan's capitulation on Aug. 15, 1945, Lawrence Johnston's story is unique.

While with the Red Army, Beyrle was involved in several firefights with Germans and helped blow open a safe at one of the POW...

I graduated from St. Joseph High School in Muskegon and had a scholarship to attend Notre Dame, which I did not accept...

The Army is saving a huge mural left behind by acclaimed artist Baron Rudolph Charles Von Ripper before he went off to fight...

"Burial" is a World War II thriller about a band of Russian troops tasked with delivering Adolf Hitler's body to Joseph...

At the start of World War II, Japan's Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter was the most vaunted and feared weapon in the enemy arsenal...

The nation paid tribute to "Woody" Williams' lifetime of service as his flag-draped casket was set upon a catafalque to "lie...

When John F. Kennedy was asked about what he did to become a hero in the Pacific War in 1943, he responded by saying, "It was...

Medal of Honor recipient and Vietnam POW beat all odds and survived because he never gave up hope.

Retired Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole, the last veteran of the "Doolittle Raid" on Tokyo during World War II, died Tuesday.