This week marks the 30th anniversary of the infamous 1995 Chicago heat wave​, which took 739 lives. One of them was a World ...

A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach on D-Day will receive an award the World ...

Private First Class Norman R. Thomas, a World War II veteran who went missing in action, was laid to rest in Chilton County ...

MOULTON, Ala. ( WAFF) - Hundreds of people from all over came to the Lawrence Funeral Home, waved flags, made signs, and ...

Thomas was a member of 48th Material Squadron, 5th Air Base Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in ...

Speaker Frank F. Blas Jr. seeks to rename Route 6 the “World War II Survivors Memorial Highway,” as part of efforts to honor ...

Zamperini's dream of participating in the 1940 Tokyo Olympics was thwarted by World War II. The games were canceled and he traded his track shorts for a military uniform, thus commencing his second ...

Armed with Gloster Gladiators—an aircraft already considered obsolete—RAF pilots over Malta repelled Axis air raids for days.

A World War II veteran who helped liberate France celebrated his 101st birthday Thursday at one of the finest restaurants in the world. CBS News New York's Steve Overmyer takes us to a birthday ...

Thomas Odell Roberts celebrated his 100th birthday Thursday afternoon (July 17) at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4588 ...

The European Commission says it’s protecting farmers with a smaller but ring-fenced budget. Europe’s farmers say the cuts ...

Japan, the politicians in power of this country are sure. faced with the most serious security threat since the Second World War. According to CNN, the Japanese Defense minister said that this is ...