A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the ...

"This is a remarkable story of compassion and humanity, even in the midst of one of the worst battles of World War II ... red and white cloth and sewed a makeshift "rising sun" flag so he ...

It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

They are also a democratization of history: Hundreds of handwritten missives of a World War II Air ... out with a Red Cross lieut. named Hemingway, who comes from Oak Park,” Army Lt.

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Winter War concludes with a video on the end of the war, as the Soviet Red Army manages to find new ways to fight the Finns, who ...

The irony of the moment does not escape Revolutionary War reenactor Justin Murray, a 33-year-old eighth grade civics teacher ...

The last of Hitler’s army to surrender were stationed in a desolate arctic wasteland—a key vantage point in the little-known ...

Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

CBS News' Edward R. Murrow was shocked by what he saw at the just-liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945. Work continues to ensure the world never forgets.

Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered U.S. and Ohio flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of a fallen firefighter in northern Ohio. The governor issued the order Thursday ...

Ukraine war latest: US envoy meets Putin - as Trump tells Russia to 'get moving' on peace deal The UK has accused Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet on a Ukraine ceasefire at a meeting of allies ...