How recovering a Japanese Zero at Pearl Harbor added to its mystery
The first chance for the U.S. to inspect the iconic Mitsubishi Zero revealed surprisingly few hard facts.
Military History
This sailor fought the Japanese at Pearl Harbor—with football pads on
As the first Japanese planes swept over Pearl Harbor, Ganitch’s focus shifted from the gridiron to the skies.
The ordnance that made the attack on Pearl Harbor so devastating
A brief description of some of the bombs and torpedoes the Japanese used to add devastation to the Dec. 7, 1941 attack.
‘So this is war’: A young Marine’s account of days before Pearl Harbor
Marine 2nd Lt. Robert D. Taplett missed Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor but would go on to experience the Doolittle Raid.
Could a young Army pilot have prevented the Pearl Harbor attack?
A fateful day — and question — shadowed Kermit Tyler all his life.
How the ‘Brush-Off Club’ helped jilted WWII troops cope with Jody
The misery-loves-company club even featured critical, board-style roles, such as chief crier and chief consoler.
The American woman who sculpted new faces for battle-scarred WWI vets
The horrors of large-caliber machine guns and artillery warfare ushered in a new age of gruesome deaths and injuries.
Killer instinct: How one man taught US soldiers to fight dirty in WWII
Francois d’Eliscu's training regimen was so hazardous that by March 1943 trainees in the program had already suffered 1,600 injuries.
Opinion
Document the stories of the ‘Greatest Generation’ before it’s too late
In this Veterans Day op-ed, a military history filmmaker implores Americans to document the stories of World War II veterans while they're still alive.
Remains of Civil War veterans found in funeral home’s storage
For decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage facilities.
UK D-Day vet who escorted US troops to Normandy beaches dies at 99
George Chandler was one of the dwindling cohort of D-Day survivors who gathered last summer to commemorate its 80th anniversary.
Bronze statue of Tuskegee airman found after theft from Detroit park
The statue of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson was reported missing Wednesday evening from Rouge Park on Detroit's far west side.
Family of Black WWII medic finally receives medal for his heroism
Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for treating 200 troops under enemy fire on D-Day.
Get to know the heroic WWII namesake of the Navy’s newest ship
Though he was peppered by shrapnel and severely burned after a kamikaze pilot slammed into his ship, Lt. Richard McCool Jr. went to work.
‘Take her down!’ WWII submarine skipper sacrificed with final order
Shot and clinging to the boat's bridge frame, submarine commander Howard W. Gilmore's gave his final order.
This tank commander fought off 250 enemy troops in the Korean War
Medal of Honor recipient Master Sgt. Ernest Kouma fought with his armored back to the wall along the Naktong River.
Marine corporal awarded Navy Cross 55 years after Vietnam heroics
"How 'bout them Jarheads."
