My mom's older brother was 27 years old when killed in action on this day in 1945, in the final weeks of World War II ...

Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...

Pan Macmillan; £18.99 The last eight months of the war in Europe were among the bloodiest and most destructive. Adolf Hitler ...

Vice President Harry Truman is sworn in as president. May 8, 1945 V-E Day. Germany surrenders unconditionally. World War II in Europe is over. May 12-18, 1945 In Okinawa, Marines hit Japan's ...

Army veteran Clay Cunningham, who served from 1945 to 1982 and fought in the Korean War, was recognized for his dedication ...

Six days after the attack, Japan surrendered to the Allies bringing to a close the most destructive conflict in recorded ...

(AP video by Ayaka McGill and Hiro Komae) Takamatsu Gushiken uses a hand hoe to delicately move dirt in a cave while searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa towards ...

In a 10-minute film from 1945, future-President Ronald Reagan tried to convince America why it needed flyers like the Tuskegee Airmen.

A great 1945 war movie called The Story of G.I. Joe led to Robert Mitchum's only Oscar nomination even though the celebrated actor deserved at least one more. Mitchum has starred in some of the ...

Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...

In 1991 the Soviet Union split up and the Cold War ended. In February 1945, the leaders of the UK, America and the Soviet Union met in Yalta in the Crimean region of the Soviet Union. After ...

Vice President Harry Truman is sworn in as president. May 8, 1945 V-E Day. Germany surrenders unconditionally. World War II in Europe is over. May 12-18, 1945 In Okinawa, Marines hit Japan's ...