On the night of November 13, 1942, the USS San Francisco and the outmatched Task Group 67.4 sailed into darkness near ...

“I ran into the living room and I said ‘there’s a war, there’s a war on’. I was quite excited,” said Ruth, now 98. “I had no idea of the horror in my mother’s face, because she had been a nurse in the ...

Banned from flying in the U.S., these 25 American women headed to Britain to help ferry military aircraft—and fascinated the ...

Finding aircraft actively involved in the pivotal battle of World War II in the Pacific was the most important discovery in ...

Heroic war veterans from Leeds have shared powerful memories as commemorations mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

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In a display of U.S. military might, aircraft and Patriot missile batteries lined an Air Force runway on Okinawa for what the ...

AP reporters and photographers chronicled the Nazis' historic defeat 80 years ago this week. Allied forces brought World War ...

In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

Witness the split-second tragedies that occurred during WWII air missions. Pilots, despite their training and skill, often ...

The current neonatal intensive-care unit is often at capacity, and the demand for this level of care is high, the health ...

WWII veteran John Robinson, 102, of Portsmouth helped target Japanese artillery in Battle of Iwo Jima using sound tracking ...