A New Podcast from the National WWII Museum Revisits the 'Most Consequential Year in Modern History' The first episode of the series covers January-March 1945, which includes the battles of Iwo Jima and Manila, the firebombing...
'A Healing Time': Honor Flight Brings Veterans of Vietnam, Korea and World War II to DC The trip was organized by Inland Northwest Honor Flight, which charters a plane from Spokane to the nation's capital each...
The Gold Star Mom Who Rallied America After Losing 5 Sons During World War II Despite the largest loss of life sustained by one family in the U.S. Navy's history, Alleta and Thomas were determined to...
Secret Recordings Show President Roosevelt Debating Military Desegregation with Civil Rights Leaders More than a year before Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt heard arguments from the civil rights leaders of the...
Oldest Known Pearl Harbor Survivor Dies at 106 Vaughn Drake Jr., an esteemed Central Kentuckian believed to be the oldest survivor of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, died...
Georgia WWII Veteran, 100 Years Old, to Receive French Legion of Honor Alan Kinder will travel to Europe to commemorate the Battle of the Bulge, the major German counteroffensive that ended in...
A US Navy Captain Ordered a Military Funeral for a Kamikaze Pilot During WWII. Here's Why Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot...
'The Greatest Soldier in American History' Took a Tank Round to the Leg and Kept Fighting The only reason Matt Urban didn't receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly breaking an entire battalion through France...
Marines Bring Fallen Comrades Home from Guadalcanal 80 Years Later On the island of Guadalcanal alone, the U.S. military lists about 374 service members still unaccounted for since the end of...
World War II Museum in New Orleans Breaks Ground on New Educational Building Unlike other recent expansions, the Floyd Pavilion will not house exhibits for public viewing. Rather, it will be used as a...
Here Are All the Big Cuts and Changes Coming to the Army The service's aim is to streamline the force while investing in emerging technologies that Army officials say are critical to...
Hegseth Restricts Press Access at Pentagon, Says Journalists Will Be Required to Sign Pledge Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken yet another step to curtail the work of the press inside the Pentagon by imposing...
WWII Bomber Crash Left 11 Dead and 'Non-Recoverable.' 4 Are Finally Coming Home More than 200 people honored Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan, some waving flags from the sidewalk during the procession to the...
Navy Petty Officer Is Charged in Child Pornography, Torture Case Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Rumaldo Valdez was allegedly part of “a group loosely identified with an ideological extremist...
Navy Fires Admiral Who Ran Office Overseeing Unmanned Systems, Small Ships Rear Adm. Kevin Smith was relieved from leadership of the program office by Dr. Brett Seidle, acting assistant secretary of...