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Retired Air Force Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, aka the "Candy Bomber" for dropping candy to children out of his plane during the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, turned 100 years old this month.
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There are only two B-29 Superfortress bombers still flying. Military Times rode aboard one.
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There are only two B-29 Superfortress bombers still flying. Military Times rode aboard one.
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There are only two B-29 Superfortress bombers still flying. Military Times rode aboard one.
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A North Carolina woman whose refusal to go to the back of a bus in 1952 led to a lawsuit that sparked a change in law is being honored with a special day.
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A Korean War veteran who dropped out of high school during his junior year in 1952 to join the U.S. Air Force and became a pilot during the war has finally received his high school diploma at age 87.
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Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular “Forces’ Sweetheart” who serenaded British troops during World War II, has died at 103.
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Marcos Luis Montano of Waukegan, 91, held his Purple Heart medal at Veterans Memorial Plaza for the first time last month.
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Arvid Meland, 90, a U.S. Army veteran, goes about his duties precisely and honorably.
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March 8 is International Women’s Day, and a celebration of women would be incomplete if the female trailblazers of the United States Army were not recognized. From breaking barriers in combat to challenging the status quo across eras, here are 8 female soldiers who changed the course of history for the U.S. military.
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Lt. Col. Howard Baugh’s sons, Howard and Richard, recounted their father’s story to a small group of Richmond Public Schools students and teachers on Feb. 25 at the Virginia War Memorial
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Orville Bjorge is the only member of the 10th Mountain Division Association’s Big Sky Chapter left in Montana.
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In the end, Cpl. Ray Barela wasn’t alone.
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In 1944, Allied forces began liberating the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. Among these soldiers were black GIs whose role in the liberation had largely been overlooked in historical accounts. Now, the Black Liberators Project seeks to highlight the service and sacrifice of these soldiers, including the 172 buried in Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.
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Joseph Prokop, then 22, survived the downing of the bomber only to be captured by the Germans and summarily executed after a Gestapo officer learned one of his crewmates was Jewish.