A World Series Hero Misstated WWII Record. Was It Stolen Valor? Gene Bearden, who helped the Cleveland Indians win the 1948 World Series, claimed he was injured as the USS Helena sank...
World War II Vet Still Breaking the Mold at 102 Army 1st Lt. Vivian "Millie" Bailey commanded a segregated all-female unit during World War II and has been helping service...
WWII Combat Veteran's Daughter Reflects on His Survivor's Guilt Over Best Friend's Sacrifice My dad was a World War II vet. Like many others, he was traumatized by combat, and by a nine-month imprisonment in a German...
'Rise of the Nazis' Chronicles How Stalin Screwed Up When He Trusted Hitler The show allows prominent historians to tell the story, while intercutting their descriptions with better-than-usual silent...
The Time World War II Veterans Overthrew a Corrupt Local Government in Tennessee The state and local political machine was abusing its power and the people in McMinn County, Tennessee, so GIs did something...
How You Can Ask a Korea Veteran and Holocaust Survivor About His Experiences Aaron Elster sat down to tell his story of escaping the Holocaust and his Army service in Korea. Forever.
This Is the Marine Corps Flamethrower Tank That Won at Iwo Jima For Marines fighting the Japanese on Iwo Jima, there was no better friend than the M4A3 Sherman Tank.
Remembering Iwo Jima: A 1956 Perspective For 72 consecutive days, sea and air elements of one of the mightiest U.S. naval task forces in history bombarded Iwo Jima.
The USS Bismarck Sea Was the Last Commissioned US Aircraft Carrier Sunk by an Enemy The USS Bismarck Sea was the only U.S. Navy ship named for the 1943 battle.
The Forgotten Story of Black Soldiers and the Red Ball Express during World War II The Red Express provided the logistical lifeline to the Allies in Europe.
Trump Is Renaming 7 Army Installations. Here Are the Stories Behind the Names Being Scrubbed. President Donald Trump's announcement is the administration's latest move in its concerted effort to shift the people and...
Veteran Who Fired at Gunman and Inadvertently Killed Utah Protester Was a Safety Volunteer, Organizers Say Police said that the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security, and that the role and...
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month The Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...