Meet the only B-26 Marauder crewman to receive the Medal of Honor
With fire streaming from his engine and the right wing half enveloped in flames, Lindsey led the formation to drop their 2,000-pound loads over France.
By Jon Guttman
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This nurse jerry-rigged a trach tube to keep a wounded Marine alive
Mary Hawkins spent 13 months flying the wounded out of the Pacific Theater, becoming one of the few women to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Inside the infamous porn obsession of Hitler’s Nazi protégé
Julius Streicher was executed by hanging in October 1946.
How World War II necessitated the invention of super glue
Though discovered by accident, super glue has become a staple of American households.
By Caitlin O'Brien
First trailer drops for Spielberg-Hanks WWII show ‘Masters of the Air’
The show is slated to launch with a two-episode debut on Jan. 26, 2024, with new episodes dropping each following Friday.
By Sarah Sicard
New addition to National WWII Museum addresses the conflict’s legacy
Veterans, Holocaust survivors, historians and actor Tom Hanks attended opening ceremonies for the Liberation Pavilion at the National World War II Museum.
‘All the Light We Cannot See’ is a WWII epic with its wires crossed
Fans of the book may be disappointed.
By Sarah Sicard
FDR letter to parents who lost 3 sons during WWII goes up for auction
The Rogers family lost three sons aboard the USS New Orleans during the Battle of Tassafaronga.
By Sarah Sicard
Spielberg-Hanks WWII series ‘Masters of the Air’ gets premiere date
'Masters of the Air' is the third installment, alongside “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific," of the Spielberg and Hanks-led World War II trilogy.
By J.D. Simkins
That time the Army replaced a cake it stole 77 years earlier in WWII
Soldiers stole the cake from a windowsill in 1945.
By Sarah Sicard