World War II

Signalman first class J. D. Osborne was held at Mukden POW Camp for three years during World War II.

Adm. Bertram Home Ramsay of the British Royal Navy led the naval forces during Operation Overlord on D-Day.

I was a bombardier on the B-26 Nick's Chick in the 344th bomb group, 495th squadron. The following are the recollections that...

Off screen, dashing film star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. contributed talent for naval deception during World War II.

2nd Class Gunner's Mate Millard Simmons was on a nearby ship when the USS William D. Porter was sunk by the Japanese during...

Lt. Col. Harriet West Waddy was one of only two Black women to attain the rank of major in the Women's Army Corps during...

The atomic age formally began at exactly 5:30 a.m. (Mountain time) on July 16, 1945. At that moment, the Manhattan Project...

Born in Germany to Jewish parents, Ernest Strauss got out of Nazi Germany and came to the United States, where he joined the...

Dr. Simon V. Ward Jr., who once was torpedoed twice on his birthday, later joined the U.S. Navy Medical Corps.

U.S. Navy Chief Henry Clyde Daniels details Pearl Harbor and its aftermath during World War II in his diary.