An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have been overlooked.

This year the world will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when Japan formally surrendered to the Allies and ended the ...

Charles Frank Johnson – was a veteran. He was proud of his service in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a farm kid from Biscay, Minnesota, who ...

In May of 1882, Congress codified these fears into law by passing the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese people from ...

This year the world will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when Japan formally surrendered to the Allies and ended the horrors of World War II. Eight decades later, “Hold Strong,” a work of ...

OpEd: After my discovery about my mother’s service in WWII, it became a passion to help locate families of other 6888 members from Arkansas and Kentucky.

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion is the only all Black U.S. Women's Army Corps unit sent overseas during World ...

Netflix's 'Six Triple Eight' tells the heroic true story of the only all-Black, all-female battalion in WWII, led by Tyler ...

The Auschwitz martyrs’ legacy of holiness continues to be a source of inspiration for Catholics worldwide. Here are several ...

January 27 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi concentration camp. It could be the last round anniversary at which survivors can play a major role, and the ...

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Four female Israeli soldiers ... more Palestinian prisoners. The next exchange is next Saturday. Many hope the next phase will end the war that has displaced the vast ...