Lawmakers push to posthumously award Waverly Woodson the Medal of Honor
On June 6, 1944, Waverly B. Woodson Jr.’s landing craft was fired upon while landing on Omaha Beach. The man ...
Anne Robson, believed to be Scotland's oldest living WWII female veteran, dies at 108
World War II changed the course of history, and to this day we owe our gratitude to the people who ...
Cousins and Holocaust survivors reunite for the first time in 75 years
When the Nazis invaded Romania in 1940 the then boys were forced to flee separately with their families. The two ...
Leslie Edwards, member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, has died at 95
According to his obituary Leslie, who was born in Memphis, Tennessee, but moved to Cincinnati when he was one, was drafted ...
Navy veteran Aaron Cook, one of the last remaining survivors of Pearl Harbor, dies at 96
Aaron Cook, who served as a US Navy Aviation Chief Ordnanceman during the war, died on August 10 at the age ...
WWII, Korean War veteran and former POW celebrates his 100th birthday
100-year-old Thomas E. Gwynn survived both D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. While in Normandy, he received a Battle ...
99-year-old WWII veteran will participate in graduation 70 years after earning degree
In 1943, Johnson made history when she enlisted in the United States Army. She became part of the 6888th Central Postal ...
World War II vet dies at 97 without any surviving family – volunteers needed to attend his funeral
McCue enlisted in the Army in 1943 and fought in an anti-aircraft unit. As per Francisco Urena, the State Secretary ...
WWII hero walks granddaughter down aisle at wedding – dies just two days later
You read that right. 94-year-old Bronislaw ‘Grom’ Karwowski, who was captured and held as a POW by the Nazis during WWII, ...
70 years after the Holocaust, a drone flies over Auschwitz – the footage is heartbreaking
The year 1933 saw the building of the first concentration camp, where political prisoners were placed. Between 1937 and 1939, ...
70 years after the Holocaust, a drone flies over Auschwitz – the result is heartbreaking
1933 marked the building of the first concentration camp, where political prisoners were placed. Between 1937 and 1939, the construction ...
