Stacker compiled a list of 50 facts and figures that defined D-Day, using resources like the D-Day Center and the Department ...

German submarines sank 56 Allied ships in the region and damaged another 14, losing just one of their own in the process ...

Hungarian leaders thought they could restore the nation’s lost glory through alliance with Hitler. By 1945, Budapest lay in ...

By midday, the entire platoon, including Loterbaugh’s tank, was reported missing in action, according to his Obituary. He was ...

Charles Axtell piloted the commercial flight on Thursday that brought home the remains of his great-uncle, Army Air Forces ...

John Lee Levitow was born on November 1, 1945, to a Jewish family in Hartford, Connecticut. He originally intended to join ...

After three crewmen were swallowed up by the Pacific at the end of World War II, a modern-day rescue effort went to find them ...

Sergeant Paul R. Walder was killed in action March 24, 1945 near Wessel, Germany. He was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf ...

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible,” said Gen. Dwight D.

James “Jimmy” Boehling, of Richmond, served in World War II as the navigator for a B-17 bomber. Boehling flew just one ...

Across Central Florida, people will gather today to remember the local soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen and guard members who gave their lives in service to their country. Many of the ceremonies ...