WWII

"The only advice I think I gave him was to do the very best that he could and then to do a little more."

"The United States will not serve as a safe haven for human rights violators and war criminals."

"They just weren't like normal Mainers in November. You just never saw anybody walking without boots when it was snowy like that."

The main goal of the 588th was to disorient and sleep deprive the enemy, and it became clear they were successful.

They wore sneakers, carried knives and rifles and dynamite, but they planned to use piano wire — the “Mafia necktie” — to kill.

“It shows just how tough they were and why they were able to endure so much during the war.

"I've stood up behind a machine gun and burned through six barrels in two hours, and there was nothing left but death and misery."

The discovery of the "earthquake" bomb forced more than 750 people to evacuate their homes.

For their bravery, Knuth and his fellow soldiers would come to be known as the Iron Men of Metz.

Reeser's grave is a double plot shared with his brother Donald, a Marine killed during the Korean War.

“It was a story of valor untouched by any other episode I know of."

“It was a story of valor untouched by any other episode I know of."

‘We were expecting the worst, but the Americans were totally unprepared. We had our choice of targets.’

Kent flew some 140 missions over North Africa, Italy and Central Europe.

Only nine of the USS Tang's original 87 crew survived the night it sank.

"Let history be a warning for the future, and show that we are prepared to fight."

"I think the people who felt it the most, probably were the mothers and wives of sons and husbands who had been in actual combat."

The remains of Marine Sgt. George R. Reeser were identified earlier this year.

"I’m going simply because there’s a war on and I’m part of it. …I’ve got to—and I hate it."

"People say to me, 'You helped win WWII and now you are helping our country win this battle over this virus.'"

The most moving images focus on those quiet moments after the violence is done — though the traces remain.

Tom Hanks' highly anticipated World War II naval drama, Greyhound won't be getting a theatrical release, though on the upside, it'll be available for streaming through Apple TV starting July 10.

“The reason I had trouble talking about what happened was that I feared I was beyond forgiveness for the things I had done."