When the U.S. military decided to assign three African American engineering regiments to the Alaska Highway project, it departed from its usual segregationist policies.
In the final months of World War 2, American reconnaissance photos revealed something that made US intelligence officers do a double take: four-engine bombers sitting on a Japanese airfield that ...
Before World War II, the U.S. military believed tanks weren’t meant to fight each other. That role was reserved for lightly armored, gun-heavy tank destroyers. Instead, American tanks were built to ...
Some of the most important battles in American military history were fought during World War II. From the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to the carrier showdown at Midway and the brutal island ...
The city of Aurora was designated as an American World War II Heritage City, according to a release on Friday by the National Park Service.
On The Spark, we spoke with Adam F. Buck, president of the World War II American Experience, about the museum’s mission to preserve the stories of the Americans who lived through World War II. What ...
As we celebrate Victory Day for World War II –- we celebrate America’s monumental triumph over tyranny and evil in Europe, led by the might of our Armed Forces and those of our Allies. On May 8, 1945, ...