D-Day Veteran of the 101st Airborne, Jim 'Pee Wee' Martin, Dies at 101 On June 6, 1944, James Martin was among the first Allied paratroopers to jump into Normandy with the 101st Airborne, 506th...
How Did Hitler Die? Among conspiracy theories is the claim that Adolf Hitler did not die in his Berlin bunker but escaped Berlin and found refuge...
Queen Elizabeth II's Time in WWII Made Her the Most Hardcore Head of State Queen Elizabeth II was the only modern head of state to have served in World War II.
Now You Can Sleep Aboard the USS Hornet, the Most Haunted Ship in America Paranormal enthusiasts who have never actually experienced a ghostly event may get their first chance aboard the USS Hornet.
The Last Naval Battle of World War II Was Fought by Sailing Ships Despite immense technological advancements, the final naval engagement of the war wasn't fought between steel battleships or...
Donald Duck Received Official Discharge Papers from the Defense Department According to the Department of Defense, Donald Duck was officially drafted into the U.S. Army in 1941, before the U.S...
Chester Nez, a Native American Veteran and Original Code Talker This Veteran Spotlights features Chester Nez, one of the 29 original Code Talkers who served in the Marine Corps during World...
How a World War II Private Accidentally Joined the French Resistance Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France during World War II, often gets lost in the shadow of the Normandy...
Veterans Are More Likely to Own a Home. Here's Why. The idea of buying a house with no down payment and more buyer protections and inspections than traditional mortgage loans...
Remembering the Battle of the Bulge The German army in late 1944 launched a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied forces. The battle that...
Supreme Court Upholds VA Court Decision Not to Review 'Benefit-of-the-Doubt' Evidence in Veterans' Claims In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said last week that, while the Department of Veterans Affairs should favor veterans...
The Medal of Honor Fraud Case that Took Stolen Valor to the Extreme H.L.I. Lordship Industries of Long Island, New York, admitted to selling unauthorized versions of the Medal of Honor, the...
The Army Is Losing Nearly One-Quarter of Soldiers in the First 2 Years of Enlistment The Army is grappling with a staggering attrition rate among newly enlisted troops, even as recent recruiting figures suggest...
5 Reasons Veterans Are Especially Hard-Hit by Federal Cuts For the past month, the Trump administration has been cutting federal spending, causing numerous hardships for government...
Court-Martial Convenes for Pentagon Leaker Already Facing Years Behind Bars A military court-martial convened for Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who was sentenced in federal...
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-06/jim%20pee%20wee%20martin%20normandy%20WWII%201200.jpg?itok=Z0_SidpO "Jim "Pee Wee" Martin in uniform during World War II. (U.S. Air Force)")
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-09/mil%20USS%20hornet%20WWII%201200.jpg?itok=5WFG9bml "Two U.S. Navy Grumman TBF-1C "Avenger" of Torpedo Squadron 2 (VT-2) pass over the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in 1944. (U.S. Navy)")
