U.S. Army Cpl. Thaddeus Pecorak earned a Bronze Star during the Italian Campaign of WWII. He passed away in 2024 and was ...

Metal detectorists document a WWII-era US Army position where piles of 155mm ammo tube caps with readable markings, .50 caliber casings, grenade packaging materials, and communication cable reels ...

Pecorak, who fought in Italy with the 1st Armored Division, died on March 15, 2024, aged 101. He was laid at Arlington National Cemetery on March 6, 2026.

Revisit the Double V Campaign and the segregated WWII U.S. Army, where Black troops fought fascism abroad while facing racism at home.

The “Six Triple Eight” was the only Black Women's Army Corps unit to be deployed—and faced an impossible-seeming task ...

More than 50 people, many hauling heavy packs, pointed their skis uphill and trudged a mile in a gently falling snow ...

The Allied powers got help from Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Dumbo to rally the troops during World War II. Why it matters: A new exhibit at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum examines how ...

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An American soldier who is credited with saving the lives of 200 Jewish comrades in a prisoner of war camp in Germany during World War II will receive the U.S. military’s highest decoration, the Medal ...

During WWII, Dayton's airport became a major modification center for warplanes before they were sent to combat areas. Dan Patterson discusses that history and how companies like Sierra Nevada are ...

A new traveling exhibit tells the story of Japanese American soldiers who fought for the U.S. in World War II, even as their families were incarcerated as enemies of the state ...

During World War II, U.S. soldier Joseph “Jerry” Brenner received a letter from his wife, Norma, adorned with a lipstick smudge of a kiss. (Library of Congress Veterans History Project) On June 12, ...