The sky. Following World War II, US junkyards and surplus stores were filled with an abundance of leftover warplane parts, which included plenty of drop tanks, or belly tanks. Belly tanks were ...

During World War II, the Mustang destroyed 4,950 Luftwaffe aircraft in the air—the most of any U.S. fighter in the European Theater.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has officially identified the remains of U.S. Army Pvt. James G. Loterbaugh, a ...

Early on the misty winter morning of Dec. 16, 1944, more than 200,000 German troops and nearly 1,000 tanks ... four American Veterans who fought and lived through World War II and the Battle ...

The Second World War was such a uniquely ... under three years later - half the war in other words. So I was happy to settle on the choice of the 5th Royal Tank Regiment, or 5 RTR, another element ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...