Forensics investigators identified the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Glenn Hodak nearly 80 years after his B-29 bomber ...

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has ...

She was the woman in the floppy jungle hat, standing in front of a Hiller 360 helicopter—young, with a confident smile, ...

Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...

What happens when a Navy captain and a historian walk into a bar? They come out with a hit podcast about the Pacific War.

Local centenarian Joseph Sciarra, who fought in World War II, is living his life to the fullest! At 100 years young, he has ...

TYCHOWO, Poland - Eighty years after his liberation from a German prisoner of war camp, 101-year-old Lester F. Schrenk ...

A blizzard of design changes by the military have put production of the USS Constellation years behind schedule.

In yesterday’s newsletter, Bill quoted Philip Larkin’s “Homage to a Government,” on Britain’s quiet post-WWII retrenchment: ...

With his monstrous but lovable features, green skin, and pro wrestler's build, the cartoon ogre Shrek remains instantly ...

When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...

A Middlesbrough veteran who ‘told a little fib’ to get into the army when he was just 16 has been honoured with France’s highest medal for ...