Humanitarian efforts to transport young refugees to safety during World War II faced bureaucratic and political hurdles. Many ...

On Jan. 14 1945, Hucke and 15 other pilots would take off from their base in Metz to strafe nearby German targets on a cold, foggy day. One pilot was experiencing mechanical issues so he and his ...

When Bill Hanchett died in 2016, his son found a bundle of letters and postcards to family that he had written while in the Army Air Forces during World War II. The letters tell a story of the war ...

In the midst of the Battle of Britain, a German bomber pilot bails out after his Heinkel He-111 is blasted by flak over ...

When war pushes men to their limits, decisions blur the line between survival and morality. This video examines a contentious WWII incident involving a German pilot’s death and raises questions ...

Williams was one of the first responders who helped rescue survivors, recover the deceased and clear the wreckage of the June 1979 plane crash chronicled in the book “In Selway Shadows: Last ...

In the U.S., the Sikorsky R-4 was the first large-scale mass-produced helicopter, and the only Allied helicopter to serve in World War II, and was largely used for search and rescue.

The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.

Williams was one of the first responders who helped rescue survivors, recover the deceased and clear the wreckage of the June ...

Williams was one of the first responders who helped rescue survivors, recover the deceased and clear the wreckage of the June 1979 plane crash chronicled in the book “In Selway Shadows: Last ...

Ari Daniel - Host, "There's More to That" In the fall of 1944, Japanese fighters opened fire on a wave of U.S. planes near Palau, including a bomber carrying pilot Jay Ross Manown Jr., gunner ...

In new bestsellers, the breadth of life: rescue dogs, a sister’s murder and more In fiction, Fredrik Backman and several others: the New York Times hardcover list for the week ended May 10.