Taber Woodrum and Amy Wilda, from Oregon, walk Wednesday under the wing of a 1944 World War II-era Mitchell medium bombardier training plane, a B-25 dubbed “Sweet Dreams,” on display in the Rowland ...

The WASPs risked their lives flying for the Army. But for decades, the U.S. government refused to recognize their military service.

Maj. John "Lucky" Luckadoo flew 25 bombing missions over Europe during the war, surviving some of the most intense air battles of the war. He became an advocate for the 100th Bomb Group's history. By ...

America’s last known surviving World War II “ace”—a pilot who shot down five enemy planes—has died at age 103. Donald McPherson served as a Navy fighter pilot in the Pacific theater during the war’s ...

An unexploded shell dating back to the time when portions of the Monongahela National Forest were used to train U.S. Army troops for combat in Europe during World War II was found by a hiker last week ...

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 ...

On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri. At then-Camp McCoy, Wis., the thousands of ...

U.S. military veterans and their families are starting a new endeavor intended to provide perspective, communication skills and education to the youth while using the history of World War II as a ...