It was the afternoon of December 3, 1942, and a vicious winter storm was thrashing boats along the Eastern Seaboard. U.S.

The Battle of the Atlantic is one of the largest theatres of World War II, which defined how the war was to be conducted with incessant battles at sea. From September 1939 ... several second fronts, ...

Perry Dahl, one of the last living American WWII aces who shot down five or more enemy aircraft, died after a storied 37-year ...

The return home for Sgt. Robert Van Heck, who died taking part in the Battle of Tarawa over the Gilbert Islands in November of 1943, comes after scientists were able to identify his previously ...

Sgt. Robert F. Van Heck, of Chicago, Illinois, was 25 years old in 1943 when he was killed during the U.S. campaign in the ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible ...