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 ...

The museum, which opened in 2011, was created by Higinio “Buddy” Clark Mendoza, son of a former Palawan war veteran. A helmet ...

After the Invasion of Normandy in June of 1944 and the Allied push into mainland Europe, it was necessary to capture more German-occupied facilities to unload the supplies required for the advancing ...

Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a day to honor and mourn fallen military service members. NPR readers ...

“There’s no doubt about that. I was very fortunate.” KEY DATES World War II marked the first time paratroopers had been used in warfare. Some key dates: July 1940: First U.S. airborne unit forme ...

Corrie Schaffeld | CBC From a foldable bike used by World War II paratroopers to the souped-up Schwinn made famous in "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," a new exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum ...

He sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black paratrooper battalion during World War II, the 555th, aptly nicknamed the “Triple Nickles.” At his ...

A World War II-era plane is set to fly over a veteran’s funeral Saturday. Eighty years ago, elite paratroopers were leaping out of similar aircraft on a secret mission called Operation Firefly.

By Clay Risen Joe Harris, who as a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit during World War II parachuted into forest ... to be the oldest surviving U.S. paratrooper, died on March 15 in Los ...

(AP) - Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. He was 108.

Sgt. Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper and a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, has died. Here, Harris is surrounded by family ...