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Get to know the heroic WWII namesake of the Navy’s newest ship
Though he was peppered by shrapnel and severely burned after a kamikaze pilot slammed into his ship, Lt. Richard McCool Jr. went to work.
From history to controversy: 5 things to know about Memorial Day
The day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts.
World War II ace Richard Bong’s plane found, explorers believe
Searchers announced Thursday they’ve discovered what they believe is the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong’s plane.
Archaeologists believe they’ve uncovered Revolutionary War barracks
Recovered artifacts at the Virginia site include chimney bricks and musket balls that were indented with soldiers’ teeth.
A jacket, a coin, a letter: Relics of Omaha Beach tell the D-Day story
Eighty years ago, Allied soldiers crossed the choppy waters of the English Channel to land on Normandy beaches to defeat Hitler’s regime.
By Frank A. Blazich Jr., Smithsonian Institution, The Conversation
WWII soldiers receive Purple Hearts 79 years after fatal plane crash
Five Hawaii men, who served as Japanese-language linguists, received the medals posthumously decades after they died in the final moments of WWII.
First look at Kate Winslet as WWII combat photographer Lee Miller
The story of prolific World War II photographer Lee Miller, who documented the horrors at Dachau, is coming to the big screen.
D-Day medic was ready to give his life — and save as many as he could
On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old Army medic. Now 99, he's about to take part in the 80th anniversary commemorations of the landings in Normandy.
The man who made Belleau Wood — and the Marine Corps — immortal
Floyd Gibbons made history when his dispatch got past the wartime censor.
Remains of WWII pilot identified decades after fatal bombing mission
Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. John E. McLauchlen Jr. was killed during a World War II bombing mission in Southeast Asia.
‘The very best of us’: One street’s lesson about service, belonging
Residents from one street in Silvis, Illinois say their street sent more men to war per capita than any other street in the country.
By Zamone Perez