The generation that fought in World War II is a proud yet shrinking group. The US Department of Veterans Affairs estimates ...

On the 7th of December 1941, the Japanese launched their surprise military strike on the United States naval base at Pearl ...

World War II veteran First Lt. Gerald J. Melofchik received a proper burial Tuesday at Washington Crossing National Cemetery.

The remains of a United States Navy Ensign killed near Yap Island over the Pacific Ocean during World War II has finally ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...

Even so, millions of people died in the war, and millions have died through the years, leaving very few veterans left today.

Santos Jimenez registered for military service on his 18th birthday, Oct. 11, 1943, and participated in the invasion of Iwo ...

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor gravely damaged the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet's strength, but fortunately, no American aircraft carriers were sunk in the attack. As a result, when the United States ...

The program has flown vets around the U.S. for free to a WWII museum in New Orleans. After a decade, its final flight was ...

James Watson, famous geneticist and Nobel Prize co-winner in the structure of DNA, dies at 97 Chris Hemsworth, Alzheimer's ...