The Battle of Britain was underway. July 1940 was not faring well for the Britons as the skies of London and other cities were under siege by the German Luftwaffe. As dawn broke, sleek Heinkel He 111 ...

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Though the names of Desiderio and Hayashi are etched in bronze and stone, there is a third name whose story has faded with ...

On Aug. 23, 1945, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Marcario García became the first Mexican American to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.

John Cruickshank suffered 72 injuries during the bombing raid on a U-boat in 1944 but refused medical treatment.

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In the 80 years since World War II came to its official end on Sept. 2, 1945, the number of living World War II veterans has rapidly declined.

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But as impressive as this archive is, it is the byproduct of something that today looks almost equally remarkable: strangers ...

On the eve of his visit to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Tianjin Summit and China's V-Day commemorations in Beijing, Russian President Vladimir Putin took a written ...