Ever wondered how the U.S. brought smaller planes overseas during World War II? It was definitely more tedious work than ...

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

Missing in Action. Just six weeks before World War II would end, the news came to four U.S. service member Families via ...

Enola Gay was the name of the B-29 aircraft that dropped the world's first atomic bomb used in war on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. The pilot handpicked the name, honoring his mother, the ...

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has ...

Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over ...

During World War II, Black Americans were often relegated to more support-level jobs in the racially segregated military and President Franklin Roosevelt faced pressure to put them in combat units.

And women had secured their place in history and proved their value in the workplace. The classic image of “Rosie the Riveter ...

(National Archives) World War II was marked by numerous technical advances ... McCall was escorting the aircraft carrier Enterprise toward Wake Island on Dec. 7, 1941, when word came in of the ...