The Butler County Sheriff's Office says they assisted in the recovery of a World War II-era hand grenade.In a post on social ...

During World War II, a Japanese Navy destroyer called the Teruzuki sank in the Pacific waters near the Solomon Islands. Now, 83 years later, the shipwreck has been found and photographed. The wreck is ...

World War II veteran Jake Larson — known to his 1.2 million TikTok followers as " Papa Jake " — has died at age 102. His ...

Near the end of World War II, a ship carrying POWs captured by Japan comes under attack. Somehow, despite being shackled together at the ankles, two prisoners manage to swim to a nearby island. Saito ...

Philip E. Orbanes' book reveals the true story of how the Allies used the game to help free prisoners in World War II.

Carlsbad’s Nancy Stratford, now 106, is the last survivor of the 25 American women pilots who served in the Royal Air Force’s ...

More than 80 years after his death, a World War II veteran who was listed as missing in action has finally been laid to rest.

Photos show the USS Laffey still sitting upright on the seafloor with much of her bow and midsection intact despite more than ...

A Woonsocket native who was wounded driving a boat full of soldiers onto Omaha Beach on D-Day will receive an award the World ...

Zamperini's dream of participating in the 1940 Tokyo Olympics was thwarted by World War II. The games were canceled and he ...

In the bitter winter of 1941, British military prisoners in Nazi-occupied Germany huddled around a Monopoly set, dazzled by the contents that awaited them. They didn’t pluck Community Chest cards.

Jake Larson, the World War II veteran and social media star known as “Papa Jake,” has died, his granddaughter posted on his ...