However, whilst so many of its fellow carnivorous fish had submarines named in their honor—including the USS Wahoo (whose own ...

Lester Schrenk, a former U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 gunner who was shot down over Denmark in February 1944, spent about half ...

Thousands of Ukrainian civilian volunteers recently ventured into Ukraine’s countryside in the dead of night loaded with ...

As he gripped the controls of his bomber plane on his first war time mission, 21-year-old Harry Richardson gazed back at the British coast for what he feared was the last time.

It was supposed to be a routine combat air patrol for the 12 F6F Grumman Hellcat pilots of the “Pistol-Packin’ Airedales” ...

Driven by unprecedented times, scientists and engineers forged technological breakthroughs amidst the flames of war.

You've likely seen the iconic image before - a woman in a red polka-dot bandana, rolling up her sleeve and flexing her muscle ...

The Corsair performed well during World War II, claiming 2,140 air combat victories against 189 losses—an overall kill ratio ...

As Hitler's Panzers rolled across France towards Dunkirk in 1940, Alice Barber opened her local paper to read that her ...

Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.

The prime minister says military leaders will meet in the UK next week to discuss the practicalities of future security ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library continues Staff Sgt. Robert "Bob" Hickman's story of survival in World War II.