The family of a World War II veteran was overjoyed to get his lost Purple Heart medal back — just in time for Veteran’s Day.

Panels commemorating the efforts of African American soldiers have been removed from the visitor center at a Dutch cemetery.

Army Private Alfred Thomas Langevin was laid to rest with full military honors at Fairmount Cemetery in Weymouth, 81 years after he went missing during World War II.

The panels, only displayed last year, were taken down earlier this summer, the Black Liberators told Newsweek.

At 100 years old, World War II veteran Ben Lafon can still recall his journey from a Texas farm boy to a sergeant in the U.S.

A 1941 graduate of Sugar Notch High School, Joseph John Miskel was one of thousands of young men and women who enlisted in the U.S. Armed Services at the outbreak of World War II. While each have ...

THE WILD BLUE: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany, 1944-1945. By Stephen E. Ambrose. Simon & Schuster, $26. FLAK hit the plane ... Oil streamed out of the engine, and flame was belching ...

For the second half of the 20th century, World War II veterans were as ubiquitous as dandelions in spring. No one called them The Greatest Generation back then; they were simply the backbone of every ...

A Purple Heart is one of the most prestigious awards a member of the military can receive. Now, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs is helping the family of a World War II veteran get it back.