Airman who was shot down, imprisoned in Japan during World War II accounted for
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 ...
Secret documents on Nazis who fled to Argentina after WWII being declassified
Argentina will soon declassify all government-held files relating to Nazi fugitives who fled and settled in Argentina after ...
John Wayne persuaded World War 2 veterans to reenact their real-life duty in classic movie
Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in Sands of Iwo Jima, a movie reenacting it. At 42, the ...
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End of a mystery: U.S. Army Air Force pilot identified nearly 80 years after WWII crash
A U.S. pilot who was long considered missing in action after a failed World War II mission has been found. U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson of Wichita, Kansas, died in March 1944 ...
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Argentina to declassify archives on Nazis who took refuge after World War II
President Javier Milei orders the opening of secret archives that could reveal the extent of Nazi escape networks in South ...
Will the Trump administration roll back the clock and bring back the ‘Department of War’?
The Department of War became the Department of Defense after World War II. There’s reason to wonder whether Team Trump wants ...
After Pentagon temporarily purges references to Native American Code Talkers' contributions to World War II, here's a look back at their impact
As part of what an aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly called a "digital content refresh," many references on the Pentagon's website that honored Native Americans who used their ...
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World War II hero's son calls for his father's name to be removed from a memorial after being refused a visa to visit
The son of a World War II hero wants his father's name removed from a war memorial in London after he was refused a visa to visit Britain so he could pay his respects. Ershad Ali was killed while ...
World War II soldier missing for decades laid to rest in emotional South Carolina ceremony
Draped in an American flag with only 48 stars, a casket held the remains of U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Arthur W. Crossland Jr.
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After Pentagon temporarily purges references to Native American Code Talkers’ contributions to World War II, here’s a look back at their impact
Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian. Hayes died drunk in a ditch 10 years after the war. He suffered from shell shock, which is now known as post-traumatic stress disorder. His life and demise was later memo ...