Tag: World War II

Sam Baker, 99, is a veteran, a father, a grandfather and, most recently, an author who lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. You'd never know it now, but Baker struggled with reading ...

Now thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing the country, but the men are required to stay behind and fight.

"We celebrate his life of more than 100 yrs, his decades of service in the @USArmy, and his legacy as an #ARSOF trailblazer."

The date was Sept. 9, 1942. Less than a year earlier, imperial Japan launched a surprise attack against Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a major American naval base. Instead of crippling the ...

In early 1943, Donald Huisenga was attending Auburn High School in Iowa, looking forward to graduating that year. But in March 1943 at the age of 18, he was drafted ...

Who had betrayed them?

Not everyone gets to boast a milestone birthday and being awarded the greatest military honor France has to give, but 105-year-old Major Wooten from Huntsville, Alabama, can. Wooten was drafted ...

He was 98 years old.

"Your presence in Afghanistan has not been in vain."

Nextdoor.com is often used to troll neighbors, hurl thinly veiled threats and otherwise poke merciless fun at people -- but it is still a useful tool, and it can be ...

Eileen Ash celebrated her birthday the way many would hope to: surrounded by friends and family, enjoying cake and a celebratory glass of red wine, and receiving an avalanche of ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest in U.S. Marine history.

If you think you do interesting and specialized work, you need to meet brothers Colin and Sean Welch of Crater Locators. The two men are conflict archaeologists, and as their ...

Lawrence Brooks has experienced much in his life as the oldest known living World War II veteran. This year, he celebrated his 112th birthday with much fanfare. Brooks was born ...