Latest "WWII" stories

Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to WWII aviation radioman

Aviation Radioman 3rd Class Peter L. Smith carried out more than 150 combat/support missions in the Pacific with Torpedo Squadron 28 during World War II.

By Diana Stancy Correll

5 weeks ago

A photo of the Navajo Code Talker Memorial at Window Rock, Ariz., taken Aug. 13, 2022.

Navajo Code Talkers museum is about $40 million shy of reality

Only three of the original Navajo Code Talkers are still alive.

6 weeks ago

A flag carried by a WWII Japanese soldier is returning to his family

Known as a Good Luck Flag, it was displayed for 29 years at the USS Lexington Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas.

2 months ago

Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor laid to rest in home state

Ensign Stanley W. Allen received a funeral with full military honors.

2 months ago

Leon Gautier, last member of French D-Day military commando unit, dies

Leon Gautier was the last surviving member of an elite French unit that joined U.S. and other Allied forces in the D-Day invasion.

3 months ago

Opinion

Two young soldiers and the fathers they became

A remarkable gift provided this author with new insight on her dad’s time in service during World War II.

By Paula G. Thornhill

3 months ago