Staff Sgt. William 'Bill' Owens fought for two days during World War II. Eighty-one years after the fight, his Silver Star ...

Mario Luis Sobalvarro’s mission was to find one World War II hero. He found three ... steely-eyed into the distance, fighter pilot helmet and goggles on his head. Wilke died in the Battle ...

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced that a Washington County World War II veteran has been positively ... likely caused by anti-aircraft fire that ignited undropped ordnance.

Tomas Kelly. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency via 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 ...

It’s a lyric from the ballad Victory Day, ubiquitous ahead of the May 9 commemorations of World War II. The song seemed ... desperately holds out his helmet as if to scoop up water.

Beneath the calm surface of Gibraltar’s waters, a hidden threat lurked aboard the seemingly abandoned Italian tanker Olterra. Secretly transformed into a covert operations base, the vessel served as a ...

Only three Jewish World War II soldiers received a Congressional Medal ... exposing himself to enemy fire," Wise said. WEB EXTRA: Jamie Wise, a historian with the Zekelman Holocaust center talks ...

Mario Luis Sobalvarro’s mission was to find one World War II hero. He found three ... one portrait shows him gazing steely-eyed into the distance, fighter pilot helmet and goggles on his head. Wilke ...

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 ...

Kelly Jr. was killed in World War II, his parents kept his empty bedroom ... an honor guard and a water salute from airport fire equipment. It’s the same church where a requiem Mass was said ...

In 2007, at the age of 82, by decree of the president of the French republic, Langrehr was named a knight of the Legion of Honor for his actions during World War II. The ceremony took place at the ...