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WWII nurses deserve Congressional Gold Medal, lawmakers say

A coalition of retired military nurses and others is pushing to award the Congressional Gold Medal to World War II nurses.

4 days ago

This American soldier saved Charlemagne’s cathedral in World War II

Capt. Walter Huchthausen strove tirelessly to stop the building from collapsing and ensured it would be preserved as it is today.

By Zita Ballinger Fletcher

8 days ago

Meet the only B-26 Marauder crewman to receive the Medal of Honor

With fire streaming from his engine and the right wing half enveloped in flames, Lindsey led the formation to drop their 2,000-pound loads over France.

By Jon Guttman

14 days ago

This nurse jerry-rigged a trach tube to keep a wounded Marine alive

Mary Hawkins spent 13 months flying the wounded out of the Pacific Theater, becoming one of the few women to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

By Claire Barrett

2 weeks ago

‘Nuremberg’ to capture cat-and-mouse game between Göring, captors

The film follows the true story of Hermann Göring's incarceration and trial following his capture in the final days of WWII.

By Claire Barrett

3 weeks ago

Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, youngest Tuskegee Airman, dies at 100

Hardy was the last surviving combat pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen who served overseas.

7 weeks ago