World War II

A PT boat that sank three German ships in the Mediterranean is being restored at the National World War II Museum.

The Battle of Peleliu shows that Marines never give up. Success on this battleground was measured in yards and bodies.

When the United States into WWII, Eisenhower took over the Army War Plans Division to draft a basic strategy for the war...

'Remember Pearl Harbor' and other Hawaiian locations where World War II history happened.

Trafford Leigh-Mallory was born on Nov. 7, 1892 in Mobberly, Cheshire. Educated at Cambridge University, he graduated with...

I am Townsley, William D., service number 38370280. I was born August 8, 1923. I entered the armed service February 1943 at...

My name is Dr. Bernard S. Feinberg, and I am an American. I was born July 17, 1912 in West Hoboken, New Jersey.

A rain-swollen river and powerful German defenses made the 36th Division's assault an exercise in futility.

Spaatz was promoted to a permanent major in July 1920, and during the inter-war years he proceeded up the ranks of a...

On a peaceful day in December 1941, Staff Sgt. Lee Embree took off in a Boeing B-17E for what promised to be a quiet flight...