Lou Gehrig was still in college and the NFL was called the American Professional Football Association. It was also the year ...

This episode tells the story of a secret weapon that transformed air defense during World War II. It follows the scientists, ...

Two World War II-era unexploded military devices were found on Assateague Island National Seashore Sunday. The first device ...

During WWI, Madras supplied materials for hospital ships. A WWII air-raid shelter at Beehive Foundry, rarely used, survives, ...

Franz Stigler, a German fighter pilot, spared American bomber pilot Charles Brown during World War II, illustrating how ...

Unexploded bombs dating back to past wars have been discovered in Serbia and around the world in recent years.

Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was ...

Most people know Jimmy Stewart as the beloved actor best recognized for films like The Philadelphia Story (1940) and It’s a ...

Amid the hardships of the war, Christmas dinner became an annual reprieve for far-flung troops across the globe.

History shows what’s possible when compassion leads. Today’s hunger emergencies demand that same resolve, William Lambers ...

Guards at the Curragh had blanks in their weapons and the internees, allied and German, were allowed to visit local pubs and ...

When World War II veteran Wayne Hill joined the Navy as a teenager, he missed three Christmases at home during his two and ...