World War II

In the spring of 1947, former Army sergeant and now Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz pleaded with his boss to add one more...

The word sisu has no direct translation to English, but the gist of its meaning is a white-knuckled form of courage and...

Before Harry Belafonte was a superstar, known as the "King of Calypso" for his smash hits in the 1950s and for funneling his...

Baseball players enlisted in droves. For most of them, any kind of wound could end their major-league dreams forever. Some...

Audrey Hepburn didn't talk much about her experiences during World War II, but one biographer was listening.

The U.S. believed that springing forward one hour would give more time for work while saving on energy costs.

When Lt. Col. Serge Obolensky left the U.S. military after World War II, his transition was like many other Americans leaving...

Edward A. Carter Jr. served in combat in two wars before he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941.

For here exploits, Josefina Guerrero received the Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm, a decoration created by President Harry...

The U.S. Army might have perfected the use of airborne troopers, but it wasn't the first branch to try out the tactic.