Jim Sharp was one of the lucky ones. And at age 101, he’s still around to talk about it. While he feels a “little weak and ...

On every Veterans Day, the list of World War II survivors shrinks further due to the inescapable passage of time.

As World War II veterans dwindle, Bay Area families and historians race to preserve their stories before the last voices are ...

For the American World War II veterans, all in their late 90s or early 100s, the event marked what will be one of the last times they gather to publicly relay what they endured and how it shaped them.

A new book details the experiences of gunners on propeller-driven B-29 Superfortresses locked in combat with supersonic jets ...

Allison’s family and old regiment are seeking to honour a man whose story, they say, illustrates how Canadians and Americans ...

Burns and co-director Sarah Botstein discuss their six-part, 10-year labor of love, which finally makes it to PBS on6.

Nuremberg' explores Hermann Goering's relationship with psychiatrist Douglass Kelley, yet fails to provide insight into the ...

Jeff Nicklin had survived Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, but on the day he took his last breath during World War II, ...

On June 6, 1944, First Lt. John Spalding of Owensboro led 32 men of the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division onto Omaha Beach. They were among the first Americans to charge through the surf and up the ...

The letter, written by Tom a few days before the end of the war, says, 'This morning's edition of the news says Hitler is ...

In 1945, as Europe celebrated peace, Winston Churchill quietly asked his generals to plan an attack on the Soviet Union. But ...