world war ii

Congress has bestowed its highest honor on merchant mariners who fought in World War II, almost eight decades after the conflict in which more than 8,000 of them were killed. More than two years after Congress voted to approve the award, leaders on Capitol Hill on Wednesday awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to surviving merchant mariners who provided equipment, food,…

An airman killed when he was shot down over Romania during World War II is returning to his home to Massachusetts nearly 80 years later. The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Charles G. McMackin will arrive at Boston’s Logan International Airport on Friday night and a procession will bring them to city hall in his hometown...

Edward Radock was a radar man in WWII who helped rescue Navy pilot George H.W. Bush. His wife Anna served in the Navy at the Pentagon during the same time

A group dedicated to finishing the work of World War II’s Monuments Men is betting on a deck of playing cards, and reward money, to help find missing works of art taken by the Nazis

Members of two top-secret World War II military units referred to as the “Ghost Army” will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal more than 75 years after their service, under legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden

A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family

The oldest World War II veteran in the United States has died at the age of 112.

A new graphic book depicts the autobiographies written by six Jewish teenagers just before World War II. It is being published as a major archive of prewar documents about the Jews of Eastern Europe are reunited online.

Family and friends of one of the U.S.’ last WWII veterans said goodbye to 102-year-old San Diego resident Sidney Walton, who died Saturday in Santa Monica surrounded by loved ones.

Primetta Giacopini’s life began and ended with pandemics

A Louisiana man who is the oldest living World War II veteran in the United States has marked his 112th birthday

For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young American soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944

Plans are underway to reinter the remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker at the Pantheon monument in Paris.

Prime Minister Yosihide Suga said Japan never forgets that the peace the country enjoys today is built on the sacrifices of those who died in the war.

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