World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...

Eddie Slovik made a series of decisions that turned him into the only American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil ...

Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle ...

Most historians and scholars agree, the proximate start of the Second World War is Hitler's invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939, because at that point, Hitler's invasion causes Great Britain and ...

Hook’s 11-page memoir is on the website, The World War II Experience, a local nonprofit that preserves the stories of the World War II Generation. The nonprofit was founded by retired Palomar College ...

On the 7th of December 1941, the Japanese launched their surprise military strike on the United States naval base at Pearl ...

Lt. Morton Sher, 22, died on August 20, 1943, during a mission in central China. For decades, his remains were considered ...

On Dec. 20, World War II Army nurse veteran Regina Benson celebrated her 105th birthday, according to a Friends of the National World War II Memorial press release. Born on Dec. 20, 1919 in ...

HICKAM, Hawaii— U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) stood at the foot of the ...

Eight decades after American soldiers sailed across the Rhine under gunfire to break through German defenses, U.S. soldiers gathered again at the banks of the river, joining veterans and German ...

Francisco Ybanez is celebrating his 103rd birthday on Sunday, Sept. 28, marking more than a century of life that includes service as a World War II Army veteran. The Alice resident was visited by ...

Germany and the US built some of the largest aircraft in World War II, although many of their designs were unsuccessful.