World War II

Most people would be concerned for their own safety with a gun pointed at them. Leonard Funk laughed it off.

To prove that the U.S. Army would be ready, General Marshall took Churchill to the only place that made sense: Fort Jackson.

Gene Bearden, who helped the Cleveland Indians win the 1948 World Series, claimed he was injured as the USS Helena sank...

Army 1st Lt. Vivian "Millie" Bailey commanded a segregated all-female unit during World War II and has been helping service...

My dad was a World War II vet. Like many others, he was traumatized by combat, and by a nine-month imprisonment in a German...

The show allows prominent historians to tell the story, while intercutting their descriptions with better-than-usual silent...

The state and local political machine was abusing its power and the people in McMinn County, Tennessee, so GIs did something...

Aaron Elster sat down to tell his story of escaping the Holocaust and his Army service in Korea. Forever.

For Marines fighting the Japanese on Iwo Jima, there was no better friend than the M4A3 Sherman Tank.

For 72 consecutive days, sea and air elements of one of the mightiest U.S. naval task forces in history bombarded Iwo Jima.