101-year-old WWII veteran revisits wartime memories and honors the fallen

On every Veterans Day, the list of World War II survivors shrinks further due to the inescapable passage of time.

The last voices of World War II: Veterans speak of duty and loss

For the American World War II veterans, all in their late 90s or early 100s, the event marked what will be one of the last ...
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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 ...

Black women who served as World War II nurses were angels of mercy | Opinion

This Veterans Day, let's remember the sacrifices made by the Black women who served as nurses in World War II.
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A Black, all-female WWII unit got a congressional medal 80 years after making history

The only Women's Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in World War II received a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday, exactly 80 years after pulling off an incredible organizational feat. The ...
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York woman promised to bring her lost uncle home from WWII. 8 decades later, she kept it

Staff Sgt. Clifford Keeney went missing in action in 1944 after his B-17 bomber was shot down over Germany. His niece, Bonnie McClure, promised her grieving grandmother as a child that she would one ...