The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's ...

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

The U.S. built up a network of institutions supporting public diplomacy and scholarship after World War Two and throughout the Cold War. The Trump administration is dismantling these institutions.

Neil Frye, who was 20 years old when he was killed, was a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at ...

World War II saw the introduction of countless new and innovative forms of firepower. Discover the coolest facts about ...

Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his everlasting good fortune, he was not involved in the most ...

Born in 1927, William Daniels celebrated his 98th birthday on March 31.

Joe Harris, a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit and believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper, died ...

Technological advancements made the development of these engines possible -- and forever changed the way outside observers ...

Women joined the labor force during WWII, building planes, ships, parachutes and other supplies for the US military. "One of ...

From painting over Washington D.C.'s Black Lives Matter mural to temporarily scrubbing the stories of Navajo Code Talkers in ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal ...