Often overshadowed by the Army, Navy, and Marines, the US Coast Guard played a vital but less-known role in World War II. In ...

John Frank Rozar, a graduate of Colorado Springs High School (now Palmer High School) who went on to join the Navy, was one of more than 2,400 American service members killed in the Dec. 7, 1941, ...

PHOENIX — A World War II hero and longtime Tempe resident is being honored for her service in the U.S. military’s first all-Black, all-female battalion. Now 104 years old, Maj. Fannie Griffin ...

In January 1945, Technical Sergeant Russell Dunham charged three German machine-gun positions on a frozen hillside in France.

DALLAS — John "Lucky" Luckadoo, of Dallas, the last surviving B-17 bomber pilot from the 100th Bomb Group during World War II, has died at the age of 103. Presbyterian Village North in Dallas, where ...

Eighty years ago today, on Sept. 2, 1945, on the deck of the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, the Allied powers gathered to witness the surrender of Imperial Japan, ending World War II. Generals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighty years ago, Staff Sgt. Robert Keuchel was gunned down by German forces during World War II. The Omaha native was laid to ...

Rogue Heroes, the 2-season WWII series created by Steven Knight, is crushing streaming and is the perfect follow-up for Band ...

BEDFORD, Va. – Families of World War II heroes gathered Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford to honor the courage and service of the brave individuals. They are descendants of ...

A special humanitarian award has been relaunched to honour an Irish cleric who bravely defied the Nazis and helped save over ...