80 years ago the Allies found their bridge across the Rhine
The capture of the bridge at Remagen, a surprisingly intact path into Germany, helped U.S. troops hasten the end of World War ...
Move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man's heroics at 18 in World War I
Fred Benning, a Nebraska native awarded the military's second-highest honor for his battlefield courage as an 18-year-old ...
Volunteer discovers over a thousand World War II casualties’ remains which await identification
Takamatsu Gushiken has spent years voluntarily locating bodies, and fragments of bodies, of World War II victims in Japan’s ...
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Battleship Island: How tourism propelled Gunkanjima’s ghostly ruins and stirred memories of its dark past
In recent years the site has served as a backdrop for documentaries, films, and even pop culture phenomena like the James ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
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Stranded 2,500 Miles from Pearl Harbor - Wake Island - The Loneliest Battle of WW2
The Battle of Wake Island is often referred to as the loneliest battle of World War II. On December 8, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor surprised American military forces in Hawaii an occupied much of ...
An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa's jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...