During World War II, American servicemen carried unusual and odd personal items into combat with the belief that they might [ ...

U.S. Army Pfc. Owen M. Norris was killed in 1944 during the West Loch Disaster at Pearl Harbor. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency/Courtesy) Family and friends pray at the casket during a dignified ...

World War II soldiers faced some of the harshest winter conditions imaginable, especially during the Battle of the Bulge in [ ...

In Sitka, Alaska, a Defense Department team has exhumed the remains of an unidentified WWII soldier, in hopes of identification and reburial in a place of his family's choosing. More than 81,000 U.S.

A Japanese soldier refused to believe WWII was over and hid in the jungle for nearly three decades. Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda was a Japanese Imperial Army intelligence officer who spent 29 years hiding ...

The unidentified remains of 48 Finnish soldiers killed in the second world war have been buried in a military funeral in Lappeenranta. The funerals were held on the Commemoration Day of Fallen ...

The remains of WWII soldier Charles C. Palmer Jr., killed in Germany in 1944, have been identified after nearly 80 years. Palmer's remains were identified using modern forensic techniques and a DNA ...

Fire trucks at BWI Marshall Airport sprayed a water arch to shower American Airlines Flight 2669 from Hawaii as it taxied to its gate Thursday afternoon. The display honored a passenger on board: the ...

Two World War II Marine veterans were honored by Orlando high school students through the Silent Heroes program. Students researched the veterans' lives and published digital biographical profiles to ...