After visiting a friend who returned from World War II confined in a body cast, Kathy Collens felt compelled to enlist in the war effort. In 1944, at the age of 23, she joined the Army.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing efforts to recognize the women who served as military nurses during World War II with one of the nation’s highest civilian honors. Congresswoman Elise ...

Dramatic photographs of Navy forces fighting in the Pacific during World War II will be on display Saturday at a small exhibit in Liberty Station that was put together by the Maritime Museum of ...

Talley celebrated his birthday alongside a couple of fellow World War II veterans at a local Red Lobster. Former U.S. Army Master Sgt. Edwin Beck, 100, served in both WWII and the Korean War.

World War II veterans return to Normandy's beaches for the 81st D-Day anniversary, with about two dozen mostly centenarian former servicemen receiving warm welcomes from local French people.

Lorance, a World War II Navy veteran from Hamilton, celebrated his 100th birthday last month and credits his longevity to family genes — his mother lived to be 96, his sister died at 99 — and ...

One surprise for the nurses through the years: their community. Though Niggemann, Mason and Schueing weren’t together during the war, they found each other later and have become friends.