Europe Will Mark V-E Day's 80th Anniversary as Once-Unbreakable Bonds With the US Are Under Pressure Central in Trump's criticism of European NATO allies is that they have happily hunkered far too long under U.S. military...
Black Female WWII Unit, 'Six Triple Eight,' Receives Congressional Honor The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was credited with solving a growing mail crisis during its stint in England and...
The Best Military Movies and Shows Streaming Right Now on Amazon Prime Video If you're looking for the best war movies on Amazon's Prime Video service, our list can help you cut through the chaff and...
New Book Follows the Dutch Civilians Who Came to Adopt and Care for American Graves from WWII Robert Edsel's new book, "Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II"...
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...
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...
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...
The Still-Living Janitor Who Received a 'Posthumous' Medal of Honor Army Pvt. William Crawford was declared killed in action and was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor, which was presented to...
How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
Camp Pendleton Officer, Wife Sue Military Housing Company over Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Son A Marine Corps family whose 8-year-old son died last year after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Camp...
Coast Guard to Launch Service-Wide Physical Fitness Test for All Members Next Year Coast Guard men and women must take a preliminary assessment by the end of this year and a mandatory PFT starting in 2026.
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
Rubio Says US Is Designating 2 More Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Groups The two new designees, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, are Ecuadorian gangs blamed for much of the violence that began since the...