World War II was a time of unimaginable hardship, courage, and transformation. Seemingly overnight, ordinary folks were thrust into extraordinary roles on both the front lines and the home front as ...

A gimlet-eyed and honest accounting of the war’s hidden costs that still affect us today. Richard Parker Let’s you and I ...

This video tells the story of the night USS Washington fought alone against a Japanese fleet. It follows Admiral Willis Lee, ...

Video above: Happening now, the Veterans Day Observance at the World War II Memorial. WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKRG) — The national Veterans Day Observance, held every year at the World War II Memorial in ...

World War II was nearing its end in March 1945 when Russell Sattazahn found himself taking cover from enemy fire with other GIs in the basement of a German house. At first they felt protected, but the ...

Maritime experts on an expedition around the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific recently explored the wreckage of the USS Laffey, a destroyer sunk during a pivotal series of battles in World War II.

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (WDAM) - The staff at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum has just completed a project to digitize more than 1,000 photographs taken at Camp Shelby during World War II. “This ...

A woman looks at a painting at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing on Sunday. (Wu Hao/EPA/Shutterstock) Column by Ishaan Tharoor Don’t be fooled by the tanks processing down boulevards in ...