In 1944, a young Private in the Army was headed to combat in Europe. Before leaving he and his buddies and a few of his ...

Today, a plaque near the City Park Avenue driveway entrance to Delgado’s O’Keefe Administration Building recognizes the ...

As Pearl Harbor Day approaches, we remember Doris "Dorie" Miller, a hero whose name was given to a center in Rosewood Park ...

Francois d’Eliscu's training regimen was so hazardous that by March 1943 trainees in the program had already suffered 1,600 ...

Then, in 1943, U.S. troops landed to take the island back from Japanese forces. The National Park Service describes the battle as “one of the deadliest battles of World War II” but “one of ...

Fat Man was the codename given to the plutonium core nuclear weapon that was developed as part of the Manhattan Project at ...

World War II veteran Norman Jay Green prepares to cut a large cake during his 100th birthday celebration at the New Sanno ...

On April 18, 1943, the legendary mission to take down Admiral Yamamoto took place over the South Pacific. While much has been covered about the assassination itself, this video focuses on the six ...

The three-page preface of Laura Hillenbrand’s 2010 book Unbroken had my undivided attention after reading the first sentence: ...

Today marks the anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry's radio debut in 1925. Also, in history: Magellan reached the Pacific in ...

As the U.S. tackled two fronts in World War II, it faced a shortage of trained pilots. In 1943, the U.S. Army Air Forces ...

During World War II, the United States Navy commissioned 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers, making it the most numerous class ...