Tom Harmon, the only Indiana schoolboy to win a Heisman, was even more remarkable in the skies of World War II than on the ...

"Dad said he was a symbol that united the soldiers. He was much more than a bear; he thought he was one of them," recalled ...

For the past four years, President Biden has argued that the first Trump term was a blip in American history. The election ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress earned its legendary status as the bomber workhorse against Germany and occupied territories during ...

"He just explodes onto the scene," Schick said. Jerry E. Strahan, author of "Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats that Won World War II," details Higgins' progressive, efficiency-minded approach ...

Here are the best World War II movies to educate and entertain you. Long before he was dueling Darth Vader in Star Wars, Sir Alec Guinness starred in this tour de force WWII film as Colonel ...

‘We were in striped pajamas, lice infested. But we were polite, spoke the truth, and discussed what the world should be like.’ ‘I looked at my mom—it still hurts to this day. She had these ...

During World War II, battles were won by the side that was first to spot enemy airplanes, ships, or submarines. To give the Allies an edge, British and American scientists developed radar ...

Operation Linebacker II, the "Christmas bombing" campaign of December 1972, was a significant effort by the U.S. to force ...

Holden won the Oscar for Best Actor ... Several Military.com readers recommended the 1967 World War II action flick “The Dirty Dozen” for one simple reason: its cast. Featuring an star ...

It is estimated that about 16 million Americans served in the armed forces during the course of World War II, including hundreds of thousands who had previously worked as either farmers or ...

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