After the attack, crews sailed the USS "New Orleans" backwards for more than 1,000 miles across the Pacific. Since then, the ...

The laces made in Belgium during World War One are an important part of the lace holdings of the Division of Home and Community Life’s Textile Collection in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

After 80 years, researchers located the bow of USS New Orleans torn off by a Japanese torpedo during a 1942 WWII naval battle ...

As their right to vote was debated in the States, a remarkable group of 74 physicians and support staff sailed to war-torn ...

The sacrifice of a pair of Salem brothers killed while serving in World War II was honored in a presentation at the Memorial ...

The American Heritage Museum in Hudson will host a World War II Pacific Theater reenactment on July 12 and July 13.

Virgil E. Frahm, a lifelong Nebraskan and veteran, was recognized for his service in World War II. The governor presented ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

British schoolchildren spend more time learning about the American civil rights movement than the English Civil War. An ...

I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I’ve known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of World War II European ...

Back in 1999, despite scooping up five Oscars Saving Private Ryan narrowly missed out on winning Best Picture, causing one of ...

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago. In ...