world war ii

An Army battalion that made history as the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II is set to be honored by Congress

A United States Army sergeant from Madison who was killed during World War II is finally returning home after his remains were found and identified. Army Sgt. John E. Hurlburt, 26, of Madison, a member of the 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division, was killed on July 7, 1944, in a massive attack on the island of Saipan, according to…

In 1945, World War II Veteran Ed Kinslow missed his high school graduation because he was busy flying for the Air Force. At age 94, he is finally getting the chance to walk across the stage on graduation day.

A World War II veteran from Massachusetts was honored with a sendoff Thursday before making a trip south. Anthony Grasso, 96, of Norwood, is an American hero on a mission. And he gets emotional talking about it. “I never — I never thought I’d get this, and I thank everybody,” he said Thursday. Grasso is making the trip to honor…

At a time when few women became pilots, the Federal Aviation Administration credits Hazel Ying Lee as the first Chinese-American woman to fly for the military, blazing her own trail

Nearly 80 years have passed since Marvin Cornett was wounded by a German mortar during a battle in World War II.

When the pandemic started, much of the world stopped for many people. But a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Gloucester just kept going, doing what he loves.

Five Holocaust survivors reflect on the significance of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and hope to get back to a life without restrictions.

A coronavirus outbreak at the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton has claimed the lives of 15 veterans in a matter of weeks. One of them is 93-year-old WWII veteran Martin Oppenheimer, and he has quite a story.

A coronavirus outbreak in the New Hampshire Veterans Home has claimed 15 lives in three weeks. We spoke to the family of one of them.

The United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary with its chief urging leaders of an increasingly polarized, go-it-alone world to work together and preserve the organization’s most important success since its founding

Some U.S. veterans who planned to climb aboard a battleship in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor to mark the 75th anniversary of the Japanese surrender that ended World War II instead watched a livestream of the ceremony from home

A German court has convicted a 93-year-old former SS private of being an accessory to murder at the Stutthof concentration camp, where he served as a guard in the final months of World War II

Queen Elizabeth II has made a knight of the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public by walking 100 laps of his garden and raising some 33 million pounds ($40 million) for the National Health Service

Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular “Forces’ Sweetheart” who serenaded British troops abroad during World War II, has died at 103. During the war and long after, Lynn got crowds singing, smiling and crying with sentimental favorites such as “We’ll Meet Again,” and “The White Cliffs of Dover.” “The family are deeply saddened to announce the passing of one of…

Suffragists fighting for the right to vote 100 years ago found themselves hemmed in by the Spanish flu of 1918, their rallies and other gatherings cancelled as they tried to convince lawmakers of their cause. Historians celebrating the milestone this year during the coronavirus pandemic have a new appreciation for what those women accomplished.

This year’s D-Day anniversary in Normandy has turned out to be one of the loneliest observances ever

World War II veteran Joe Sterczela is back home after lasting through an eight-week battle with the novel coronavirus. The 93-year-old is no stranger to battling an enemy — the Navy veteran was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, during World War II. But Never before had the Webster, Massachusetts, native fought in the hospital against an enemy he couldn’t see. “He…

Seven World War II veterans, ages 96 to 100, joined President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump at a wreath-laying ceremony Friday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. The veterans had hoped to mark the day in Moscow, but that idea was because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Arthur McIntosh not only survived World War II, but the Army veteran has now also made it through a battle with COVID-19. The 100-year-old likely contracted the virus from his son, Chip. They live together in Quincy, Massachusetts. Chip McIntosh went to a hotel to self-quarantine, and his sister, Marifrances, moved in to take care of their father. “Unfortunately, about…