He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.

Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over ...

Ever wondered how the U.S. brought smaller planes overseas during World War II? It was definitely more tedious work than ...

The Taiwanese military is to hold art exhibitions and a concert among other events to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II (WWII), and to bolster public sentiment on the need to defend ...

The first air raid struck on 7 October 1944, lasting 37 minutes. A total of 164 aircraft dropped 359 tonnes of bombs, killing ...

Congressman Kweisi Mfume announces bills to award Medal of Honor and Congressional Gold Medal to African American hero, Mess ...

From the emergence of the United States on the world stage until World War II, American foreign policy towards Africa was marked by neglect and disinterest. However, post-1945, the containment of ...

When John Logan Nelson tried to enlist in the U.S. Army during World War II, he failed the physical. However, Nelson didn’t give up and was finally accepted into military service, according to a ...

The life of Carmen Vazquez Rivera – a World War II and Korean War veteran who died recently at 103 – could be the makings of ...

This is no time for such a casual reaction to the use of lethal force that suggests a certain immaturity and superficiality in senior officials engaged in matters of determining life and death. And to ...