Pvt. Joe Martinez's actions came during the only World War II battle American and Japanese troops fought in the ice and snow.

A WWII veteran’s sons hope to give his long-lost Purple Heart medal to his grandson, who also served in the Army and had a ...

This soldier became the first Hispanic American MOH recipient of WWII. The Japanese occupations in June 1942 on the Aleutian islands of Attu and Kiska, originally planned as a feint to divide the ...

The B-17 is more than just an airplane. It is a monument to a time in history where freedom itself hung in the balance.

A sailor in Hawaii and a soldier in the Phillippines were the first and last Medal of Honor recipients of World War II.

The spice tins were part of morale boosting Christmas gifts to soldiers in the war by Princess Mary, the daughter of ...

Estelle Ishigo sketched and wrote about her experiences, including Japanese Americans’ first sight of “guard towers and ...

the first Coloradan and the first private, to receive the Medal of Honor during World War II. A Boulder Victory-class cargo ship named for him, the USNS Private Joe P. Martinez, served during the ...

The first operational jet bomber in history was called the Arado Ar 234 Blitz and entered service with the Luftwaffe in 1943 ...