There was no Armistice Day parade in the Wyoming Valley in November 1942, as the United States — 11 months earlier — had entered World War II when Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Oregon's Fort Stevens might be an abandoned military base, but it's also a place worth a visit for its history, outdoor ...
Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Holland M. “Howlin' Mad” Smith—commanding the V Amphibious Corps—had just done something unprecedented ...
Akron sailor, 17, steered Gen. Douglas MacArthur to Philippine island during World War II. His VFW post came up with a ...
Don Faurot, head football coach at the University of Missouri, enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II despite being physically impaired and returned to coaching after the war, leaving a lasting ...
Nearly 200 people gathered for the 5th annual Warbird Fly-in, a commemoration for American service members, to fly over 50 ...
The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...
For most of my life Veterans Day was the first holiday following two long months of school without a break. Five years ago, all of that changed. At that time, ...
The generation that fought in World War II is a proud yet shrinking group. The US Department of Veterans Affairs estimates ...
An interview with Gautam Hazarika, author of ‘The Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II’, on the INA before Subhas ...
Community rallied to rebuild Laredo WWII veteran John Edward Berry’s home and dignity in 2014; he died in 2016 honored by the ...
Burl Million Morris was born to Samuel Wesley Morris and Mollie Kate Million in Lufkin, on the 15th of December 1920. He was ...