Among the millions of World War II veterans were seven future U.S. presidents. Some only narrowly survived the experience.

Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 was built by the Electric Launch Company, now known as Elco Motor Yachts, headquartered in Bayonne, New Jersey. It was laid down on March 3, 1942, launched on June 20, 1942, ...

The remains of thousands of Australian servicemen who died in the Pacific Theatre during World War II have yet to be repatriated and time is running out to find them.

New Zealand’s announced review of its development aid to Kiribati after a diplomatic rift between the two countries should ...

The president of the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville says recent flare-ups of gun-related violence are unacceptable. Ishmael Toroama was commenting after a gun fight in the middle ...

Two American veterans of World War II who fought to free the Philippines in 1945 are headed back to help mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila.

He was honorably discharged a year after the war ended, then moved to Struthers in 1954. He has three children, six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. On Monday, Posey is turning 100. “I’d ...

Still moving and driving past 100 years old, a World War 2 veteran is spending his birthday on Valentine’s Day making more ...

The father of a South Florida woman was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II. Eighty years later, she got to ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met ...

Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

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