Jim Sharp was one of the lucky ones. And at age 101, he’s still around to talk about it. While he feels a “little weak and ...
KING Charles reunited with a veteran who made him cry as he and Prince William met WW2 heroes at Windsor Castle to mark ...
Aerial warfare historian Yusuke Orita was thrilled when his decade-long effort to collect and analyze U.S. military war film ...
On every Veterans Day, the list of World War II survivors shrinks further due to the inescapable passage of time.
For the American World War II veterans, all in their late 90s or early 100s, the event marked what will be one of the last times they gather to publicly relay what they endured and how it shaped them.
The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress captures stories of American life and military service. Learn ...
After pulling out of a 500-miles-an-hour nosedive, the veteran pilot, Jerry Neal, said he suddenly saw a rock bar on the English Channel 'like God put it there' ...
Colorado USMC veteran Jim Blane, almost 101 years old, sat down with CPR News to detail his experience in one of the most pivotal WWII battles, 80 years later.
On this Veterans Day its important to remember that most of the brave men and women who served our country in war were very ...
Robert Bohyer remembers how loud and exciting it was to fly in a B-17 bomber as a tail gunner during World War II. He also remembers how tough and dangerous that job was. “It was cold,” said Bohyer, ...
In September of ’43, we were attacked by over 100 Japanese planes, fighters, bombers, dive bombers, and torpedo bombers.” ...
A coalition of retired military nurses and others is pushing to award the Congressional Gold Medal to World War II nurses.