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World War II (Page 5)

Latest in World War II

VA secretary reverses course on removing Nazi headstones from veteran cemeteries

World War II Memorial among several on National Mall vandalized during protests

Decorated WWII vet, forensics expert who examined Zodiac killer letters, dies at 100

VA secretary says removing Nazi headstones from veterans cemeteries would ‘erase’ history

Battleship USS Nevada, a symbol of American ‘resilience and stubbornness,’ rediscovered after 72 years

100-year-old WWII vet beats COVID-19 just like he helped beat the Nazis

Trump, Esper, and Wilkie didn’t wear masks while meeting with WWII veterans despite COVID-19 threat

Here are 10 strange jobs US troops had to do during WWII

‘The end of the war is an anti-climax’ — A reporter’s notes on VE-Day, 75 years later

You can now own Gen. Patton’s WWII Command Car

78 years ago, the first Navajo Code Talkers joined the Marine Corps

A new WWII TV show based on the popular video game ‘Brothers in Arms’ is in the works

Bond set at $2 million for man accused of fatally beating 94-year-old World War II vet

75 years ago, this ‘stouthearted and indomitable’ Medal of Honor recipient leaped on a grenade to save 2 others

75 years ago today, this Medal of Honor recipient began his 3-day long final stand

Here’s a bunch of photos from World War II that prove regulation haircuts don’t win wars

Top general cites 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima as reason Marines need to get haircuts during a pandemic

This WWII medic treated grunts even after taking shrapnel wounds. Now he’s finally getting a Purple Heart

This 104-year-old WWII veteran may be the oldest person to beat COVID-19

‘I survived the foxholes of Guam, I can get through this coronavirus bullsh*t,’ says 95-year-old vet who battled COVID-19 and won

Trump directs Army to award 30th Infantry Division with Presidential Unit Citation for heroism during WWII

75 years ago, this Medal of Honor recipient braved a ‘death-sown’ minefield to reach 2 injured soldiers

They were among the fiercest American soldiers in WWI. Here’s why they were horribly mistreated when they returned home

Reunion of Iwo Jima veterans canceled over coronavirus fears

Tom Hanks is here to ‘bring hell from on high’ in new WWII naval flick ‘Greyhound’

California to officially apologize for the WWII internment of Japanese Americans

75 years ago, Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone was killed in battle at Iwo Jima

One of the last USS Arizona sailors to survive Pearl Harbor has passed away

75 years ago, Darrell Cole earned his Medal of Honor with nothing more than grenades, a pistol, and ‘unfaltering courage’

75 years ago, Edward Dahlgren earned the Medal of Honor for ‘magnificent courage’ in the face of enemy fire

A powerful new Air Force video pays tribute to Brig. Gen. Charles McGee and the Tuskegee Airmen

An F-15 is rocking a WWII paint job to honor a B-17 pilot who gave his life to save a wounded crewman

The untold story of how booze soaked the battlefields of World War II

Chicken soup and bedsheet camouflage: Battle of the Bulge veteran shares his story of historic fight

Army unit remembers the Battle of the Bulge with a photo of a Nazi whose troops killed American prisoners

The forgotten nurse who saved hundreds of American lives during the Battle of the Bulge

An Army staff sergeant was finally awarded the Silver Star he earned 75 years ago

This WWII training video on ‘How To Behave In Britain’ is a hefty swig of nostalgia — and all that comes with it

New ‘Battlefield V’ expansion gives us BARs, M1 Garands, flame throwers, Iwo Jima, Wake Island, and more

We salute the 93-year-old WWII veteran who refuses to retire, and opened up a ‘boozy bakery’ instead

Good Boyfriend Cory Booker read a WWII novel to Rosario Dawson over the phone and I’m here for it

A Marine in this iconic Iwo Jima photo was misidentified for nearly 75 years — until now

A new ‘Band of Brothers’ series will highlight the chaotic and deadly missions of Air Force bomber crews in WWII

The heroism of Medal of Honor recipients Audie Murphy and Sal Giunta get the comic book treatment

‘Give it to them, boys!’ — Stunning audio captures the chaos of D-Day as you’ve never heard it before

Trump defends abandoning the Kurds by saying they didn’t help the US in WWII

Robert De Niro goes from brutal ex-soldier to notorious hitman in the new trailer for ‘The Irishman’

This A-10 with a P-51 Mustang paint job makes us want to BRRRT like it’s 1945

WWII ‘Hero of Cologne’ finally receives Bronze Star nearly 75 years after legendary showdown with Nazi tank

‘JoJo Rabbit’, a new WWII satire, has one mission: Make fun of f*cking Nazis

Trump claims ‘brand new’ World War II Sherman tanks will be part of July 4th salute to US military

‘Midway’ may be the WWII Navy flick that will help us forget how bad 2001’s ‘Pearl Harbor’ was

A 100-year-old former WWII POW describes how he narrowly escaped the Bataan Death March

Last surviving medic from ‘Band of Brothers’ Easy Company laid to rest

Royal Family says Queen met with leaders of ‘allied nations that took part in D-Day,’ including Germany

Army Rangers just scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc in honor of the WWII Rangers who stormed Normandy

The oldest Medal of Honor recipient has died nearly 75 years after jumping on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers

A new WWII documentary chronicles the heroism of B-17 bomber crews and the horrors they endured

One of the greatest deception operations in history is getting a movie with the help of a ‘The Pacific’ writer

This WWII-era flying wing crashed in a California prison yard after doing a ‘barrel roll,’ according to the NTSB

Hundreds of strangers turned up to honor a WWII Marine Raider’s funeral

Ben Affleck is making a movie about the secret Army unit that tricked Nazis into chasing ‘ghost armies’ during WWII

Storm the blocky beaches of Normandy with these excellent WWII Lego knock-offs

Marine who served on Iwo Jima recalls the time a Japanese soldier asked for some of his hot chocolate

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