World War II

World War II veteran Leon Weckstein recalls the day he almost destroyed Pisa's most famous landmark.

Sam M. Gibbons, who later represented Florida in the U.S. Congress, was a 24-year-old captain in the 501st Parachute Infantry...

World War II veteran Bill Geiger, whose pilot was a West Pointer, wanted to be a pilot all my life.

World War II veteran Carl Carson chronicles what it was like to survive the bombing of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor on Dec...

As a coxswain of an LCVP landing craft during Operation Overlord, George Thomas Poe had one of the most unique views and...

August Leo Thomas was a coxswain on LCT 633 during Operation Overlord. He gives a firsthand account of the landings that took...

George Bonadio was a junior officer on the liaison staff for the flag staff at the landing of the first 60,000 troops on...

Americans Tuesday honored the sacrifice of the troops who stormed Normandy 73 years ago on June 6, 1944.

Following the flight path of June 6, 1944, aircraft dropped 60 paratroopers per pass to commemorate the D-Day invasion 74...

Unlike other islands captured by the Japanese in World War II, the Battle of Attu required fighting in mountains and snow.