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Rockland-based Habitat for Humanity and the Marine Corps League donated and spent two days putting together a temporary ramp ...

War drives innovation, but it can also hasten the production of equipment that isn't ready. Here are a few planes that should ...

Join us on an emotional journey as we uncover the story of a WWII hero, identified decades later through historical footage.

America's "Arsenal of Democracy" relied on commercial manufacturers re-tooling to make the firearms necessary for American troops to fight across the world. One of the biggest plants was the Saginaw ...

Durwood “Bud” Buchheim, 101, of Sun Prairie, and John Storer, 97, of Maple Bluff, are among the estimated 100,000 or fewer ...

Thousands of ships loaded with oil were sunk during the fierce sea battles of the Second World War. That means they’ve been ...

The 'Doomed Legion' who 'merely wanted to help Australia': The role of Prisoners during World War II Remembrance Day, ...

Troops trained at Camp Hale fought in World War II, then went on to found the Colorado ski industry. "Don't give the enemy ...

Kingwood native and former West Virginia University mine engineering student were laid to rest next to those of his parents ...

When I got through those years, I had a list of 70 local young men killed in WWII. The number was overwhelming to me, as Chico was a town of only 21,000. Many later appeared on my list of top ...

Conceptually, it never changes, whether you’re re-fighting WW2 or blowing planes out of the ... nations to choose from (including Russia, the US, and Germany), and you and a huge group of ...