This undated file photo shows an interior view of a prisoner of war (POW) camp barrack restored according to the real scene ...
After more than 80 years, Army veteran Willibald Bianchi was properly identified using advanced forensic science. Next May, ...
Amid the hardships of the war, Christmas dinner became an annual reprieve for far-flung troops across the globe.
In small town America, boys with absent heads of households were taken under the wing of World War I veterans from such ...
After seeing the realities of war in The Pacific, this Netflix miniseries portrays another eye-opening part of history.
In 1942, U.S. Marines were left behind after the Navy withdrew from a critical Pacific battlefield. This film follows the ...
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service's oldest ranger, died Sunday. As a ranger, she shed light on the painful reality of working on the WWII home front as a Black woman.
This episode examines the Battle of Midway, the decisive 1942 clash that turned the tide of the Pacific War. We trace how U.S. codebreakers uncovered Japan’s plan to ambush the American fleet, setting ...
Here’s a collection of excerpts from the special columns of This Month in Fort McCoy history that highlighted history at then-Camp McCoy in September ...
On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard ...
Today, the National WWII Museum is home to a myriad of ephemera showcasing the logistical feat of Christmas abroad, with ...