Hear 100-Year-Old WWII Hero John 'Lucky' Luckadoo Share His Story World War II bomber pilot John "Lucky" Luckadoo flew B-17 Flying Fortresses over France and Germany between June and October...
World War II Battleships Had a Special Room for Treating ‘Social Diseases’ The use of penicillin as a treatment didn't become widespread in the United States military until 1943.
How to Make the Doughnut That Followed US Troops from World War I to D-Day and Beyond Celebrate National Doughnut Day with the sweet treat that landed at D-Day, Da Nang and everywhere else U.S. troops were sent.
The Marine Corps Has a War Dog Graveyard on Guam After 25 dogs of war gave their lives to save Marines recapturing Guam, the Corps gave them a final resting place.
The Original 'Airman Snuffy' Was Real and a Total Badass Maynard "Snuffy" Smith may not have been a likable guy, but he earned the Medal of Honor as an Army Air Forces airman during...
Josephine Baker Was the First Black Superstar — and World War II’s Most Unlikely Spy Josephine Baker was a worldwide sensation at a time when Black performers were playing to segregated audiences in the United...
How a ‘Coconut Message’ Rescued a Shipwrecked JFK During World War II During World War II, a young John F. Kennedy was nearly killed when a Japanese destroyer hit his patrol torpedo boat in the...
The Fastest Medal of Honor Was Awarded to an Airman Who Carried a Burning Phosphorus Bomb in His Hands Henry Erwin carried a burning bomb while blinded and on fire for 22 seconds. "It felt like miles," he later said.
How Gen. Douglas MacArthur Helped Make Karate a Global Phenomenon After World War II, many Japanese martial arts were banned in occupied Japan, but karate flourished.
Why US Navy Submarines Might Return Home ‘Flying’ a Broom A broom on the mast of a U.S. Navy ship means a clean sweep for that mission.
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.