Atlantic Liners collide 1956
This nameplate was used in 1956
Troopers block Bama Schools 1963
This nameplate was used in 1963

WWII

A sepia-toned photo of a U.S. Navy sailor in uniform from around the 1940s.

A bullet creased a Navy heart at Pearl Harbor and sparked a WWII love story

During their nearly 50 years together, Alice Darrow was fond of saying she filled the bullet-sized hole in her Navy husband’s heart from the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor with love.

A framed painting by Fernando Amorsolo is on display.

Art exhibit marks 80 years since the pivotal Battle of Manila during WWII

An art exhibit has opened at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the battle to free the Philippine capital during World War II.

A soldier in dress uniform and white gloves places a wooden case into a casket, while another soldier in dress uniform stands at attention next to the casket.

Remains of dozens of WWII, Vietnam War troops brought to Hawaii for forensic identification

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s forensic lab in Hawaii has begun analyzing dozens of human remains retrieved from Laos and the Philippines in recent weeks in hopes of identifying U.S. service members who were killed in World War II and the Vietnam War.

James Richardson, 99, a member of the famed Merrill's Marauders in Burma during World War II, poses with his daughter, Judy Robinson, in February 2020.

Death of Merrill’s Marauder veteran leaves only seven survivors of the famed WWII unit

James E. Richardson, one of only eight living veterans of the famed Merrill’s Marauders from World War II, died Sunday in Knoxville, Tenn., at the age of 99.

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Card in a bottle sparks 70-year-old Army mystery in Japan

Using a whiskey bottle, a business card and some rudimentary carpentry, Lt. Col. Eugene J. McNamara found a way to be remembered.

The USS Maryland floats beside the capsized USS Oklahoma, Dec. 7, 1941, as the USS West Virginia burns in the background following Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

DOD identifies remains of Indiana brothers who died aboard USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor

The remains of a pair of brothers who died aboard the USS Oklahoma during the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified.

Josiah Bunting III, chairman of the Friends of the National WWII Memorial, honors veterans who fought in the Battle of Okinawa on April 1, 2015.

DC ceremony marks Battle of Okinawa's 70th anniversary

A handful of World War II veterans were the center of attention Wednesday at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the long, fierce Battle of Okinawa.