A New Podcast from the National WWII Museum Revisits the 'Most Consequential Year in Modern History' The first episode of the series covers January-March 1945, which includes the battles of Iwo Jima and Manila, the firebombing...
'A Healing Time': Honor Flight Brings Veterans of Vietnam, Korea and World War II to DC The trip was organized by Inland Northwest Honor Flight, which charters a plane from Spokane to the nation's capital each...
The Gold Star Mom Who Rallied America After Losing 5 Sons During World War II Despite the largest loss of life sustained by one family in the U.S. Navy's history, Alleta and Thomas were determined to...
Secret Recordings Show President Roosevelt Debating Military Desegregation with Civil Rights Leaders More than a year before Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt heard arguments from the civil rights leaders of the...
Oldest Known Pearl Harbor Survivor Dies at 106 Vaughn Drake Jr., an esteemed Central Kentuckian believed to be the oldest survivor of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, died...
Georgia WWII Veteran, 100 Years Old, to Receive French Legion of Honor Alan Kinder will travel to Europe to commemorate the Battle of the Bulge, the major German counteroffensive that ended in...
A US Navy Captain Ordered a Military Funeral for a Kamikaze Pilot During WWII. Here's Why Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot...
'The Greatest Soldier in American History' Took a Tank Round to the Leg and Kept Fighting The only reason Matt Urban didn't receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly breaking an entire battalion through France...
Marines Bring Fallen Comrades Home from Guadalcanal 80 Years Later On the island of Guadalcanal alone, the U.S. military lists about 374 service members still unaccounted for since the end of...
World War II Museum in New Orleans Breaks Ground on New Educational Building Unlike other recent expansions, the Floyd Pavilion will not house exhibits for public viewing. Rather, it will be used as a...
Trump Pardons Former Army Officer Convicted of Disobeying COVID-19 Safety Rules President Trump pardoned a former junior Army officer who was found guilty in a 2022 court-martial of violating orders to...
He Was a Sailor. I, a Marine. Our Romance Was Forbidden by Regulation. I was the new “WM”—Woman Marine—on deck, and I felt the weight of all eyes watching me for every right or wrong move I made...
American Military Jeeps Are Rising from the Ashes in Vietnam A company called Van Daryl is rebuilding the Jeeps the American military left behind in Vietnam, and you’ll hardly recognize...
Pentagon Weighs Bigger Army as Service Sees Early Recruiting Success As of Monday, the Army had brought in 59,875 new active-duty enlisted soldiers with a total goal of 61,000 for fiscal 2025...
Space Command Headquarters in Colorado 'Not Sustainable' Without New Construction, GAO Finds The political fight over Space Command's future in either Alabama or Colorado has been a partisan tug-of-war for more than...