He survived the hell of war and a POW camp, only to die in a heat wave in Chicago,” said a retired army captain Thursday as ...

A bit of "Old Black Magic" and "La Vie en Rose" cinched tie win for singers at National WWII Museum's Stage Door Idol ...

A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach on D-Day will receive an award the World ...

A Nazi captain gave artwork, which depicts an intimate Roman romance, to a civilian. When he died, his heirs decided to ...

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HOMEWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- There was a special honor Thursday for a World War II veteran who died alone during Chicago's 1995 ...

Speaker Frank F. Blas Jr. seeks to rename Route 6 the “World War II Survivors Memorial Highway,” as part of efforts to honor ...

Private First Class Norman R. Thomas, a World War II veteran who went missing in action, was laid to rest in Chilton County ...

Zamperini's dream of participating in the 1940 Tokyo Olympics was thwarted by World War II. The games were canceled and he traded his track shorts for a military uniform, thus commencing his second ...

If you visit World War II Weekend in Berwick today through Sunday, you’ll likely see vintage Jeeps, military trucks, and ...

Pvt. Mack Kidd's remains identified, finally returning home for burial and honored for his heroic sacrifice during WWII in ...

Thomas was a member of 48th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in ...