World War II

"Come Out Fighting" was the unit motto of the Black Panthers, the 761st Tank Battalion, the U.S. Army's first all-Black...

It didn't take GM President William S. Knudsen long to make up his mind. President Franklin D. Roosevelt needed him.

In the spring of 1947, former Army sergeant and now Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz pleaded with his boss to add one more...

The word sisu has no direct translation to English, but the gist of its meaning is a white-knuckled form of courage and...

Before Harry Belafonte was a superstar, known as the "King of Calypso" for his smash hits in the 1950s and for funneling his...

Baseball players enlisted in droves. For most of them, any kind of wound could end their major-league dreams forever. Some...

Audrey Hepburn didn't talk much about her experiences during World War II, but one biographer was listening.

The U.S. believed that springing forward one hour would give more time for work while saving on energy costs.

When Lt. Col. Serge Obolensky left the U.S. military after World War II, his transition was like many other Americans leaving...

Edward A. Carter Jr. served in combat in two wars before he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941.