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 ...
Ever wondered how the U.S. brought smaller planes overseas during World War II? It was definitely more tedious work than ...
The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio ...
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 ...
It's hard to imagine now in our globalized world, but many of the young American soldiers who headed onto massive ships like ...
Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...
Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over ...
References to the aircraft—which dropped the first war-time atomic bomb—were flagged for removal from Pentagon photos and online posts as part of a DEI purge, presumably because of the word “gay.” ...
Greenville native Miles Richard "Dick" League, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, fought in World War II. He was a prisoner of ...
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic ... have been flagged for removal across every military branch. But the eventual total could ...