Vicente Jimenez joined the Navy at age 17 in 1943. All told, his military service in three wars spanned more than 20 years.
"He was a legend." Maj. Billy Hall joined the Marine Corps at the tender age of 15, survived hundreds of combat missions, and was awarded a Bronze Star. Hall died at the age of 98 in December.
Rosie the Riveters is a term to describe women who took on industrial and government jobs during WWII. Millions of women stepped up to help, including African American women.
Roland L. Bragg, a paratrooper awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, instead of Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. “We’re not done there ...
Don Tietz didn’t start sharing stories about his service during World War II until about five years ago, said Doreen Juckel, ...
She campaigned for a formal apology and reparations from Japan for what it did to thousands of women like her, mostly Korean, during World War II. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul Gil Won-ok ...
The page's removal comes after President Trump's executive order ending what he called "radical" diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
This one involves four other women who went to work for the US government during World War II, creating psychological propaganda, known as “black propaganda,” designed “to break the morale ...
For more than a century, Fort Benning's name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery. The military changed the ...