How an Air Force Pilot Survived Being 'Surrounded by Flames' on D-Day Bill Hamlin was an Air Force pilot who had a harrowing experience as he prepared to fly on D-Day.
A Letter Informs a Military Spouse of Her Husband's Death During WWII 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...
5 Reasons Every Nazi Feared Death by Thunderbolt All it takes is some American ingenuity, Army grit and a little olive drab paint.
The Pentagon Is Still Trying to Identify Dozens of Airmen Who Didn't Make It Home From Raid on 'Hitler's Gas Station' The attack on Ploiești, a sweeping, low-level bombing raid, took a heavy toll on the U.S. airmen involved.
Chinese D-Day Ranger Who Fought on Omaha Beach Set to Receive Second Congressional Gold Medal Only four individuals -- Gen. Winfield Scott, Gen. and President Zachary Taylor, polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth and Adm...
British Army Captain Recounts How He Arrived at D-Day In June 1944 at the time of D-Day, William John Arnold was a captain in the Durham Light Infantry Regiment in the British...
Lessons from the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge lasted for 40 days and ended in January 1945. Less than six months later, Hitler would be dead and...
Miles Dempsey's Strategic Acumen Led Him to Command 2nd Army in Normandy Invasion At the beginning of World War II, Dempsey was a lieutenant colonel in command of an infantry brigade in France.
A Watchmaker Created This World War II Watch Infused with a Piece of History in Honor of D-Day Like many things produced during World War II, the A-11 watch was developed for use by the U.S. military.
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Bribery Plot Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy, was commanding its forces in Europe and...
Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a...
Black Vietnam Veteran’s Story Reveals War’s Harsh Realities 50 Years Later It was May 1970, deep in the jungles of Vietnam, and 19-year-old infantryman John Smith stepped to the edge of a hill to...
Trump Says US Forces Sank Third Suspected Drug Boat off Venezuela President Donald Trump did not say how many people were killed in the third strike.