“Maverick” was Kilmer’s swan song; after battling throat cancer for several years, the actor died of pneumonia Tuesday. He ...

Jim Pillen honored World War II veterans earlier this week. Pillen presented Clare Sward and Harold Cawley with medals during ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen honored World War II veterans earlier this week. Pillen presented Clare Sward and Harold Cawley with ...

The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the ...

The soldiers served as a key part of U.S. intelligence, but nearly 50 years passed before their efforts became public.

I stood in my Connecticutco classroom deciding how to respond to my students’ “lessons from WW2.”  After a long silence, I ...

Missing in Action. Just six weeks before World War II would end, the news came to four U.S. service member families via ...

During World War II, the U.S. shipped about a quarter of its eggs to Allied nations in powdered form — but they were far from ...

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

Two sisters, who are 101 and 103 years old, were honored by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Monday for their work at the World War II bomber plant where the ...

The Boston native and father of Tucker Carlson had a wide-ranging career as a reporter and government official.

Suzanne Cope, a NYU professor, has spent the last decade studying revolutionary groups, including anti-fascist women in Italy ...