Patty Stevens, one of nearly 5,000 Americans held captive by the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II, just celebrated her 100th birthday.
A local World War II veteran in Vineland, New Jersey, celebrated his 103rd birthday at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C.
A combat veteran, hero, airplane hobbyist and caretaker of protected land, Hal Urban provides a lesson on purpose and ...
In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: ...
Larson Wile of Festus, soon to be 106, and Obie Young of Hematite, who turned 106 in September, both served in the U.S. Armed ...
U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Bernard J. Calvi, 23, died in a prisoner of war camp in the Philippines during World War ...
The USS Edsall, a World War II American warship, was bombed and sank three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The “Dancing Mouse”—the Clemson-class destroyer more formally known as the USS Edsall—and its more-than-200 servicemen went ...
A fortune teller read his palm and told him that he had a long lifeline and would survive the war unscathed. On the ...
A New Jersey resident killed in World War II has recently been accounted for, officials said on Monday. The remains of U.S.
Born March 12, 1914, Lt. Richard W. Meyers graduated from the Naval academy in 1936 and joined the USS Edsall in the late ...