A humble World War II veteran who died more than 40 years ago is about to be awarded the nation's highest honor.

D-Day was the turning point of World War II, but victory in Normandy began long before June 6, 1944. Behind the scenes, ...

Ret. Army Master Sgt. Ed Beck made it through three wars and nearly died in a German POW camp to still be present, sharing ...

RICHMOND — Dozens of well-wishers turned the S.S. Red Oak Victory, a floating World War II museum in Richmond’s historic ...

World War II, which concluded 80 years ago, was a historic event that defined a generation. Tens of millions of people fought brutal oppression and an unfathomable Holocaust. Today, the world ...

In the bitter winter of 1941, British military prisoners in Nazi-occupied Germany huddled around a Monopoly set, dazzled by the contents that awaited them. They didn’t pluck Community Chest cards.

Ray Curtis, North Dakota’s oldest living World War II veteran and a retired farmer, is celebrating his 109th birthday today, Feb. 11. Curtis, who served in the U.S. Army for five years, including ...

Manager Renne Decker said preparations for the special centennial celebration began immediately after McCarthy made his request.

People sometimes forget that World War II was a dog-eat-dog struggle for resources – oil and uranium but also dozens of other materials, everything from rubber to copper. Without these strategic ...

Large parts of Dresden's Old Town were evacuated on Wednesday as experts sought to defuse an unexploded World War II bomb found during clearance work for a collapsed bridge. Some 17,000 people were ...

My dad, Clifford H. Christl, was placed in an orphanage at birth, adopted by Peter and Martha Christl of Appleton, Wis., and served in World War II. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and then ...