From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, the Marine Corps earned its reputation for tackling some of the bloodiest battles of World War ...

Jim Sharp was one of the lucky ones. And at age 101, he’s still around to talk about it. While he feels a “little weak and weary” at times, he considers himself fortunate. He was blessed with another ...

Maurice Bonemeyer was just 19 when he was captured during the Battle of the Bulge. Now nearing 101, the Fargo WWII veteran ...

BASTOGNE, Belgium — The United States, its European allies and a dwindling number of veterans will mark on Friday the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, one of the most important and deadly ...

Learn how potatoes played a surprising role in a WWII submarine battle, becoming one of the quirkiest little known legends in naval history.

A bereaved family prays for war victims on Monday at Japan's Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa-Prefecture. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI June 23 (UPI) --More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an ...

Some nurses were killed by enemy fire. Others spent years as prisoners of war. Most returned home to quiet lives, receiving ...

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) – Gerald West held the laminated sheet of paper fellow World War II combat veteran Robert Addison pulled from an old briefcase and perused the 300-plus names listed under the ...

Military sacrifice weighed heavily on this World War II combat veteran and his family, his grandson now realizes.