The Japanese Submariner Who Became America's First WWII Prisoner After Pearl Harbor Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle...
Pearl Harbor Memories Still Fresh for World War II Veterans While America honors Pearl Harbor 84 years ago, World War II veterans E. Paul Ball and Luther Hendricks say the haunting...
JROTC History Project Uncovers School’s Unique World War II Background Curiosity over WWII memorial banners turned into a rewarding history project for JROTC students in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Death by Firing Squad: Eddie Slovik Became the Only U.S. Soldier Executed for Desertion in WWII Eddie Slovik made a series of decisions that turned him into the only American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil...
Soon no Pearl Harbor Survivors Will be Alive. People Turn to Other Ways to Learn About the Bombing Only 12 are still alive — all centenarians — and this year none is able to make the pilgrimage to Hawaii to mark the event.
Long Wait Finally Over: World War II Airman Returns Home Airman Clifford Keeney was shot down over Germany in 1944. His family waited eight decades for his remains to finally be...
Northern Ireland's Oldest World War II Veteran Turns 107 Norman Irwin, Northern Ireland's oldest citizen, was recently honored by the British Army after celebrating his 107th...
German Officer Sacrificed His Life Trying to Save an American Soldier in the WWII Battle of Hurtgen Forest A 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield on Nov. 12, 1944. Lt...
Native American World War II Veteran, Final Member of Unit, Dies at 101 Gilbert "Choc" Charleston, who fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was the last remaining member of the 739th Tank...
D-Day Veteran Charles Shay, Who Saved Lives on Omaha Beach, Dies at 101 in France Decorated Native American veteran Charles Shay has died at age 101 in France.
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...
