No one was going to keep young Duane Tunnyhill from fighting in World War II, wearing the uniform of the United States Marines. But the Omaha lad had a big problem. Even after his 17th birthday ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

This video showcases the hard-fought battle of the Marines in the Guadalcanal Campaign, starting on August 7, 1942.

Every day starts a new story. The brutal battle for Okinawa lasted three months. By comparison it took six months to secure ...

Naval vessels are staffed by some of the most courageous people in uniform you’ll ever meet. This was doubly true ...

The Sinai campaign was fought by a principally British and dominion force, against Turkish forces operating from Palestine, for the security of the Suez Canal. There were only a small number of routes ...

The Tunisian campaign of early 1943 was the final stage of the fighting that had raged back and forth along the North African coast since the first Italian drive into Egypt in 1940. Originally ...

As a fighter ace who received the Medal of Honor after shooting down 26 Japanese planes over Guadalcanal during World War II, Joe Foss was accustomed to bold action. He was not afraid to think big ...