WWII

WWII Marine Medal of Honor recipient welcomes great-grandson to the Corps

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

US deports Nazi concentration camp guard living in Tennessee

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

That time a Maine Boy Scout foiled two Nazi spies

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

Meet the Night Witches: The female pilots who struck fear into Nazi troops

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

How a 15-year-old Marine became one of the infamous WWII ‘Thieves on Saipan’

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

‘I can’t imagine doing this in boots’ — Soldiers revisit Currahee Mountain of ‘Band of Brothers’ fame

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

2 D-Day vets, one of whom served with ‘Band of Brothers’ Easy Company, pass away

"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 Polish Navy is defusing the biggest WWII bomb it has ever uncovered

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

This WWII soldier survived 5 days behind enemy lines on nothing but chocolate bars

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

77 years later, Marine killed on Tarawa returns home to Illinois

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

76 years ago, this WWII paratrooper threw himself on a grenade to save his buddies

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

76 years ago, this WWII paratrooper threw himself on a grenade to save his buddies

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

‘Unbelievable how many ships we sank’ — When Nazi submarines had free rein of the East Coast

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

WWII pilot, 9-time Bronze Star recipient, cartoonist— the incredible life of Henry Kent

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

Meet the last survivor of America’s most lethal World War II sub

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

In East Asia, scars of WWII still raw 75 years after V-J day

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

‘It’s finally over’ — WWII veterans reflect on V-J Day, 75 years later

"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."

74th Anniversary of V-J Day

Marine who was killed during WWII and deemed ‘non-recoverable’ is finally coming home

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

‘I have had all I can take’ — The final months of legendary war reporter Ernie Pyle

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

Original ‘Rosie the Riveter’ makes masks to fight COVID-19

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

Profile of Mae Krier, original ‘Rosie the Riveter’

These incredible colorized photos capture life on the front lines of WWII

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

Tom Hanks unleashes hell on Nazi submarines in ‘Greyhound,’ streaming on Apple TV this week

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...

’40 Thieves on Saipan’ — New book recounts epic struggle of Marine snipers in WWII

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