World War II

Odds are that when someone mentions John Wayne, they're either thinking about western movies or some old war film.

Edward A. Dunton, commissioned an ensign in the Naval Reserve in 1942, served on the USS Swift during the Normandy invasion.

Bill Hamlin was an Air Force pilot who had a harrowing experience as he prepared to fly on D-Day.

A letter to Pvt. James D. Duke's wife informs her of her husband's death during the battle for the German town of Aachen...

All it takes is some American ingenuity, Army grit and a little olive drab paint.

The attack on Ploiești, a sweeping, low-level bombing raid, took a heavy toll on the U.S. airmen involved.

Only four individuals -- Gen. Winfield Scott, Gen. and President Zachary Taylor, polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth and Adm...

In June 1944 at the time of D-Day, William John Arnold was a captain in the Durham Light Infantry Regiment in the British...

The Battle of the Bulge lasted for 40 days and ended in January 1945. Less than six months later, Hitler would be dead and...