How Black paratroopers saved the US from Japan’s WWII firebombs
Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...
Military Times1d
How the Coast Guard sank a German U-boat off the North Carolina coast
Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.
After Trump’s broad tariffs, Europe reels from the loss of an old ally
Some Europeans have acknowledged U.S. grievances over trade but wonder whether the Trump administration is serious about ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d
A Field of Dreams Built in an Unlikely Place: A Japanese American Internment Camp
Smithsonian writer Rachel Ng, who reported on the endeavor. A transcript is below. To subscribe to “There’s More to That,” ...
Army Times3d
In WWII, the ‘Tokyo Express’ was tough to beat. One man changed that.
Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...
Germany is permanently stationing troops in another country for the first time since World War II
Germany is putting thousands of troops in Lithuania, a NATO member that borders Russia. It's the first long-term deployment ...
Joe Harris, believed to be oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, dead at 108
Joe Harris, a sergeant with an all-Black infantry unit and believed to be the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper, died ...
The National Interest5d
This World War II Battleship Fights Its Greatest Enemy Yet
The USS Iowa has served the U.S. in its darkest hours. Now, she faces a new set of challenges: combatting the brutal passage ...
99-year-old Berks WWII veteran recalls caring for wounded soldiers
When the free world was tearing at the seams, Betty O’Connell did her part to patch it up. In 1945, World War II raged across the Pacific, leaving countless wounded soldiers in dire need of treatment.