In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: ...
The USS "Edsall," a 314-foot-long destroyer, fought off Japanese forces for more than an hour before sinking beneath the ...
Of the 16 million men and women who served in the American armed forces during World War II, less than 1% are still alive ...
A soldier who was officially the only British woman to fight on the front line during World War One has been hailed as a ...
The Armistice ending the Great War was slated to go into effect at 11:00 AM on November 11, 1918. Just an hour and a half ...
In 1949, Orchard Field Airport in Chicago, Illinois, was renamed O’Hare International Airport in O’Hare’s honor. The site ...
During his time in the Navy, veteran Richard Young captured some of the most raw and powerful moments of World War II. Young ...
KENT - World War I memorials are found throughout the state, but Richard Franklin Donahue laments that so many citizens are unaware of where they are in their own hometowns. His mission is to change ...
Canada’s veterans have a conflicted relationship with Remembrance Day, an idea that may be shifting as older war vets leave ...
DuPont was one of the largest munitions suppliers to the allied forces during World War I, even before 1918. The company was ...
Diminutive and nimble, the Fokker Dr.1 was Germany’s answer to the British Sopwith Triplane during the Great War over the skies of Europe, and was a ...
Since 1918, Memorial Park in Fort Wayne has served as a tribute to soldiers from Allen County who fought and died in World ...