Col. William O. Darby, a native of Fort Smith, Arkansas, graduated from West Point in 1933 and quickly emerged as ...

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

Exactly 80 years ago, on April 30, 1945, Darby and Sgt. Maj. John “Tim” Evans, were killed. On that same day in WWII, a DUKW ...

We had to say goodbye to the last living World War II veteran in our community.. Ronald Wayne Mohning was born on Jan. 12, 1926, in Salton, Minn. He died in Westport, Ore., on March 22 at the age of ...

Retired Senior Master Sergeant Harry F. Miller stands during the playing of the Air Force Song during a Victory in Europe Day ...

New York Times bestselling author Robert Edsel will be in Gettysburg next week. In his new book, he asks: “What happens when you lose your freedom and the people who get it back for you are ...

From the ashes of World War II, President Harry Truman helped create global institutions that have defined international ...

EXCLUSIVE: With hours to spare, WWII heroes have won a crucial victory, ensuring their emotional commemorative journeys will ...

When a swarm of German fighters attacked a formation of American bombers, one pilot didn’t retreat—he took them all on alone.

Just 14 years old when his father died, 75-year-old Manasquan resident Paul Stalknecht recently had the opportunity, via the ...

Dennis Bishop, 99, recalls vividly the moment he heard that the war was over and that peace was possible. 80 years on, he ...

Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.