A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach on D-Day will receive an award the World ...

During World War II, a German military captain acquired a stolen erotic mosaic while stationed in Italy. The ancient artwork ...

Private First Class Norman R. Thomas, a World War II veteran who went missing in action, was laid to rest in Chilton County ...

Armed with Gloster Gladiators—an aircraft already considered obsolete—RAF pilots over Malta repelled Axis air raids for days.

Speaker Frank F. Blas Jr. seeks to rename Route 6 the “World War II Survivors Memorial Highway,” as part of efforts to honor ...

Thomas was a member of 48th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in ...

Mowing your own lawn and volunteering regularly aren't things that most 96-year-olds can do, but Joseph Katancik isn't like ...

Zamperini's dream of participating in the 1940 Tokyo Olympics was thwarted by World War II. The games were canceled and he traded his track shorts for a military uniform, thus commencing his second ...

Thomas Odell Roberts celebrated his 100th birthday Thursday afternoon (July 17) at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4588 ...

Set 100 miles southeast of Berlin in Poland, the 900 guards of Stalag Luft III oversaw 10,000 or so prisoners, all Allied ...

The European Commission says it’s protecting farmers with a smaller but ring-fenced budget. Europe’s farmers say the cuts ...

The remains of a fallen American soldier taken prisoner during World War II were en route Wednesday to his final resting place in Plymouth, Neb.