Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi was killed in 1945 after U.S. aircraft, unaware there were prisoners on board, scored a direct ...

U.S. Army Capt. Willibald Charles Bianchi, 29, of New Ulm, earned the Medal of Honor. He was killed on Jan. 9, 1945.

A 106-year-old WWII veteran reveals how his US Navy ship survived a Japanese kamikaze attack in the Pacific theater.

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — Frank Riesinger is a WWII veteran who is 100 years old and lives in Broken Arrow. Riesinger had enlisted in the Army Air Corps in the 1940′s. Victory Over Japan Day or V-J Day is ...

The horrific human atrocity of World War II ended aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as Japan formally signed documents of surrender on this day in history, Sept. 2, 1945. The ceremony lasted just ...

This American former soldier who fought in Italy during World War II before going on to become a New York City cop is on a quest to find these schoolchildren he photographed in 1945. "I held the rank ...

The Potsdam Conference shaped the diplomacy of the end of World War II. And on this day in history, July 17, 1945, following Nazi Germany's surrender in the war, President Harry S. Truman, British ...

Local Veteran Ed Buffman was invited to speak aboard the USS Missouri in Hawaii on the 80th anniversary of the official ...

Step back in time to 1945, as we tour a meticulously recreated town in the aftermath of World War II. This video explores how daily life looked in a war-torn community, from the ruins and rationing to ...

An organization devoted to returning artifacts as a way to heal the emotional wounds left by the war is helping the Evergreen ...

U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign Eugene E. Mandeberg, 23, of Detroit, was a member of Fighting Squadron 88 during World War II.

A letter from a 22-year-old Army sergeant written in 1945 was finally delivered — 76 years later. The letter was intended for the mother of Sgt. John Gonsalves, but USPS tracked down his widow and ...