West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

In the 1930s, with the black clouds of war gathering over the skies of Europe once more, the Soviet Union under Josef Stalin ...

Under her leadership, a battalion of Black women nicknamed the Six Triple Eight (for the 6888th) sorted and sent the mail in three months — about half the time one general predicted. Their story ...

A Georgia woman who helped save lives during World War II and dedicated her life to supporting veterans is preparing to mark ...

During World War II, women stepped beyond traditional roles, joining the Women's Auxiliary Corps and other programs to support the war effort. They trained in military basics, performed crucial ...

When the United States joined World War II, Earley applied to enlist in the Women’s Army Corps. She was one of 40 Black women chosen to be part of the first officer training class. By the time ...

A Cambridgeshire woman who celebrated her 104th birthday ... served in The Army Catering Corps during World War Two. She oversaw the kitchen, and says she refused to take stick from any of those ...

Wisconsin Maritime Museum Manitowoc was an important site during World War II. An estimated 7,000 men and women worked around the clock at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, which constructed 28 ...

I want to thank all the other WACs,” Carol Robotham said as she received the medal from Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly. “Without them, I ...

The Holocaust, 1939 - 1945 The Holocaust was the murder of approximately six million Jewish men, women and children by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War Two. Non-Jewish victims of ...