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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.
Marine believed to be oldest surviving Devil Dog from Iwo Jima dies
The Purple Heart recipient was motivated to join the Marine Corps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
By Diana Stancy
How Dorie Miller’s bravery helped fight Navy racism
The first American hero of World War II helped clear the way for others by doing what he was not allowed to do.
By Thomas W. Cutrer and T. Michael Parrish, World War II Magazine
Remains of Army Air Forces B-17 gunner identified
The remains of a B-17 Flying Fortress top turret gunner, shot down over Germany in World War II, have been recovered.
By Kent Miller
Explorers find second Midway flattop
The researchers used an autonomous underwater vehicle, or AUV, equipped with sonar to find the ship.
Another WWII series from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks is on the way
The series is projected to run about eight episodes long, with production costs exceeding $200 million.
By J.D. Simkins
How a businessman’s search for remains uncovered a WWII aviator who crashed in the mountains of Papua New Guinea
Seventy-six years after his plane went down in Papua New Guinea, a World War II U.S. Army Air Corps aviator is being laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday with full military honors.
By Diana Stancy
WWII’s Sullivan brothers remembered at Mayport
All five brothers died when a Japanese torpedo struck their ship, the light cruiser Juneau, on Nov. 13, 1942.
By Matt Soergel, The Florida Times-Union
A missing pilot, a Mustang and an enduring mystery: What happened to this WASP aviator?
She flew her fighter into a fog bank on a mission in 1944 and her fellow pilots never saw her again.
By KAITLYN KANZLER, North Jersey Record via AP
‘When in doubt, lash out’: The 82nd Airborne’s crossing of the Waal River, 76 years later
The 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden was celebrated throughout the Netherlands.
Inside the hunt for Eagle 56
Like many really good sea stories, naval historian Paul Lawton’s begins with shots of 100 proof whiskey chased down by bottles of Budweiser.
By J.D. Simkins