On October 6, 1944, a company of 80 men from the Royal Montreal Regiment entered into a battle that would do irreparable ...

Born in Portsmouth, Sgt Cornell served with the 7th Parachute Battalion, earning a Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for his courage in 1944. He is credited with inspiring the character Lt Arthur ...

Landing at Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944 – one day after the historic D-Day invasion of Normandy, France – U.S. Army Captain ...

Late on the evening of Feb. 7, 1944, Flying Officer Arthur Reid was on board one of seven Halifax bombers that took to the ...

Before shipping overseas for World War II, Bud Sabetay enjoyed a trip to Coney Island amusement park in New York. A fortune ...

A New Hanover High School class ring was found on a dead German solider in World War II. That's where the mystery begins.

New Haven native Milton M. Collins served a vital role in the fight to defeat Nazi Germany. The U.S. Army also gave him the chance to tap dance with a famous movie actor.

With the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge a month away, Army veterans Harry Miller and Frank Cohn will take center ...

"More than a third of the 18,000 B-24 bombers produced during World War II were shot down, and most air crewmen did not ...

Each year on Aug. 12, a small community in France holds a memorial ceremony to thank a Dixon man, an American soldier who was killed overseas during World War II while fighting to secure their freedom ...

Robert W. Boynton, 19, a West Aurora High School graduate, was murdered after his plane was shot down in Germany in 1944.

German troops executed Father Alcide Lazzeri, then proceeded to kill 243 other people in and around Civitella, representing ...