Not even three months after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Americans on the west coast thought they were under attack. Sirens wailed across Los Angeles in the early morning hours of Feb. 25, ...

Decades ago, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old 1st Lt. Jeffersons Wiggins, along with hundreds of other Black soldiers in, were tasked with burying the ...

As the Greatest Generation fades, the Fagen Fighters museum keeps its spirit alive with a display of the 'warbirds' that ...

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 weary” at times, he considers himself fortunate. He was blessed with another ...

Colorado USMC veteran Jim Blane, almost 101 years old, sat down with CPR News to detail his experience in one of the most ...

80 years after their victory in Europe and the Pacific, heroes share stories of the friendships they made and the memories ...

Today we are going to take a look at the three main battle rifles of World War Two - the M1 Garand, the SVT-40, and the Gewehr 43. We will also consider the SVT-38, Gewehr 41(W), and Gewehr 41(M). The ...

World War II was a time of unimaginable hardship, courage, and transformation. Seemingly overnight, ordinary folks were thrust into extraordinary roles on both the front lines and the home front as ...

Defendants in the dock at Nuremberg. Hermann Göring, his head propped on his fist, sits at far left. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum / National Archives In the fall of 1945, a bit more than ...

The U.S. Navy’s light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62) fought in many major campaigns during World War II. She earned eight battle stars and sustained heavy damage by the enemy on at least three ...

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