World War II caused an estimated 75-85 million deaths, including 26 million military and 59 million civilian casualties, with 17.6 million murdered during the Holocaust era, affecting various groups.

All 11 men aboard the bomber were killed. Their remains, deep below the sea, were designated as non-recoverable. That changed ...

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to flyers in ...

Crew of the “Heaven Can Wait” bomber in Papua New Guinea. 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr. is the middle figure in the back row, ...

Pvt. Ben Leslie’s life was snuffed out aboard a Japanese “hell ship” in January 1945. Moored at the port of Takao in present-day Taiwan, the ship Enoura Maru held the New Mexico soldier and other ...

In both World War I and II, the bodies of those who died far from home were often left to the care of local communities and ...