A fortune teller read his palm and told him that he had a long lifeline and would survive the war unscathed. On the ...

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Henry Brady, 88, of New Braunfels, won the Congressional Medal of Honor for 'extraordinary courage' as a medevac pilot.

James Peyton tells ABC15 he was injured multiple times in combat - in one incident, he explains he had to remove shrapnel from his own chest and had no other choice.

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Recently I read a book titled "Hank and Jim," which told of the lifelong friendship between actors Henry Fonda and Jimmy ...

In October 1945, two months after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and one ...

Jeremiah P. Mahoney was killed in a pitched battle with German forces near Reipertswiller, France, in early 1945. New technology finally brought closure.

DE PERE – With America embroiled in World War II in 1942, Bob Lick joined the U.S. Army Air Force, intent on becoming a pilot ...

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Jim Akin carried an estimated 10,000 paratroopers as a pilot, and when he skydived at 99 years old ...

Druffel values greatly the experiences he gained serving America during World War II. And he's proud of the hard work and ...

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

From 1941 to 1946, about 1,000 Black pilots were trained as part of ... In all, according to the National WWII Museum, the Tuskegee Airmen earned eight Purple Hearts, 14 Bronze Star Medals, three ...