The Normandy beaches became a battleground in the struggle to free France and Europe at large from the hold of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion, which included land, sea and air forces, was ...

Explore the harrowing battle of Peleliu in 1944, where U.S. Marines faced unimaginable conditions in their fight for survival ...

ON OMAHA BEACH, France — An overwhelming sound of gunfire and men’s screams. That’s how World War II veteran Marie Scott described D-Day, as Tuesday’s ceremonies got underway in honor of those who ...

On September 15th, 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division landed on the island of Peleliu, expecting a short, brutal assault to capture an airfield. Instead, they encountered a landscape of coral, heat, ...

Civil rights leaders and families of World War II veterans celebrated the long-awaited exonerations of 256 Black sailors who were wrongfully convicted after the 1944 Port Chicago explosion, a disaster ...

GREEN – The upcoming CREW 1944 World War II Weekend at MAPS Air Museum will bring to life military memories and pay homage to the men and women who served their country during the second world war.

CLEVELAND (WJW) — June 20, 1944, World War II: 2nd LT Robert T. McCollum was assigned to the 565th bombardment squadron of the United States Air Force in the European Theatre. While flying onboard the ...

CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies for ...

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 ...