WWII Veteran Who Fought in Italy Interred at Arlington With Wife U.S. Army Cpl. Thaddeus Pecorak earned a Bronze Star during the Italian Campaign of WWII. He passed away in 2024 and was...
WWII Marine Raider Missing for 83 Years in the Solomon Islands Finally Identified Pfc. Norton Retzsch, a Marine Raider from Cincinnati, went missing during a 1943 battle in the Solomon Islands. DPAA used his...
The USS Mississippi Earned Eight Battle Stars and Made Naval History Twice USS Mississippi survived two turret explosions, two kamikaze strikes and fired the last salvo in battleship-to-battleship...
World War II Veteran, 100, Becomes Nation’s Oldest Organ Donor After his father's death at age 100, Roger Steele got an interesting request - will you donate your father's liver to save...
'Quiet Death': US Sub Sinks Iranian Frigate, First Torpedo Kill Since WWII The downing of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena marks the first time an American submarine has destroyed an enemy warship in...
College Student Helps WWII Veteran Return to Site Where He Lost Hand "Tyler was one great man." With help from Pennsylvania college student Tyler Boland, World War II veteran Russell Sattazahn...
Wisconsin Honor Flight Recruiting Black Veterans for Special DC Trips This year, the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight is looking to recruit more Black veterans for its trips. For one Vietnam...
Texas VA Brings Together 10 World War II Veterans for Birthday Bash In a rare gathering, 10 World War II veterans came together for a special celebration in Beaumont, Texas.
Operation Varsity: The Last Great Airborne Operation of WWII On March 24, 1945, the largest single-day airborne assault in history dropped 16,000 paratroopers on the eastern bank of the...
Exhibit Honors Japanese Americans Who Fought for US in WWII While Their Families Were Locked Up A new traveling exhibit tells the story of Japanese American soldiers who fought for the U.S. in World War II, even as their...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
![WWII Japanese American Exhibit](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-03/ApNewsroom_WWII_Japanese_American_Exhibit_12259.jpg?itok=DfAr1ess "Rosalyn Tonai, Executive Director at the National Japanese American Historical Society, walks through the "I am an American: The Nisei Soldier Experience" exhibit during an interview at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)")
