During World War II, there were 753 fallen service members from Fayette County. The day they died, their stories died too. For many, even the how, when and where of ...

During World War II, the industrial and manufacturing centers of the United States stepped up to contribute to the war effort ...

Five days after the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, and just a day following Germany’s declaration of war against the ...

Each soldier in a 9-man US Army infantry squad has a specific role with gear to match—from the squad leader’s command tools ...

Investigators revealed the name of Tanya Denise Jackson, 26, along with the name of her 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana Marie ...

The Sullivans weren’t the only set of brothers from Iowa who served their country during World War II. There were eight brothers and a father from Odebolt who enlisted in the Navy as well. “They could ...

Long languishing in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean, the sunken aircraft carrier USS Yorktown has held secrets for 83 ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...

Military movies frequently depict soldiers communicating with a flurry of hand signals, but what exactly do those signals ...

The Battle of Nuremberg, one of the last American battles in Europe in World War II, saw the 7th Army engage in days of ...

Technology advanced during World War II at unprecedented rates, ushering Western civilization into the modern era. American ...

Military leaders and a senator from Alaska have have discussed reviving a World War II-era base on Adak as part of the U.S.