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6 must-see World War II documentaries

Numerous documentaries have ventured to convey the immense sacrifices of WWII.

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A damaged plane sits at the Dallas Executive Airport in Dallas after two historic military planes collided and crashed on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022.

Six killed after vintage military aircraft collide at Dallas air show

Six people were killed after a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a P-63 Kingcobra fighter plane crashed during a Dallas air show Saturday, officials said.

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Military Culture

23 things veterans may carry for life

Tinnitus, knee pain, an old pair of combat boots.

New Hindenburg documentary sheds light on the decades-old disaster

It's been 84 years since airship Hindenburg crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey.

2 years ago

Thousands of name errors possible in new Korean War remembrance wall, advocates fear

Data errors mean that there could be hundreds of mistakes included on the planned Wall of Remembrance at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in the nation's capital.

2 years ago

National Vietnam Veterans Day celebrations adapt for second year in pandemic

Vietnam Veterans Day is March 29.

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31 presidents who served in the military

A list of all the U.S. Presidents that served in the military.

2 years ago

That time the Marine Corps killed a John Wayne movie

The Marine Corps put the kabosh on a John Wayne film, suggesting it to be a PR nightmare.

3 years ago

Hitler released his failed plan to invade England 80 years ago today

Operation Sea Lion was an amphibious invasion intended to result in the German defeat of England.

3 years ago

A brief history of the Korean War

The "Forgotten War" in Korea broke out 70 years ago along the 38th parallel. It hasn't officially ended.

3 years ago

The quest to recover one Vietnam-era Air Force pilot lost in Lake Huron crash

On June 13, 1966, U.S. Air Force Maj. William J. Vinopal climbed into his Convair F-106A Delta Dart, a single-seat, flight interceptor aircraft, for a routine training mission over the lake. It would turn out to be his last flight. Now, over 50 years later, a group of veterans is on a mission to locate the wreckage and recover Vinopal’s remains.

3 years ago

Senators seek SECDEF support to add names of ‘Lost 74’ to Vietnam Memorial Wall

A bipartisan group of senators has submitted a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to once again push to add the names of the “Lost 74” — the sailors killed aboard the Evans — to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

3 years ago

How one organization is working to correct cases of Jewish WWII soldiers mistakenly buried under Latin Cross headstones

“It is very important for us for a soldier who lived and died as an American be acknowledged for posterity as an American. It is also equally important for us that a soldier who lived and died as a Jew, be recognized as a Jew.”

3 years ago

Air Force and Army veteran duo aims to restore WWII submarine

Air Force veteran Mark Gatton got the idea to save the USS Ling and bring it to Louisville, Ky., when he learned that the sub was going to be scrapped in New Jersey.

4 years ago

National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City defaced

Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith said two men were responsible for the vandalism spray painted “Xs” over the faces of World War I generals and “communist symbols” just before 1 a.m. Tuesday morning.

4 years ago

The real history of Memorial Day

Though Memorial Day was made an official federal holiday in 1971, its roots trace all the way back to the Civil War.

4 years ago

Desert Storm memorial marks an ‘atonement’ for Vietnam War mistakes

The site has been picked and dedicated. But now they need to raise the money.

4 years ago

US deports former Nazi camp guard, 95, to Germany

The deportation is the first for a Nazi war crimes suspect since John Demjanjuk in 2009.

5 years ago

The atomic bomb that faded into South Carolina history

Sixty years ago, on March 11, 1958, an Air Force bomber dropped a nuclear weapon on a farm in the rural Mars Bluff community outside Florence. The radioactive payload either wasn’t loaded in the warhead or didn’t detonate — the stories differ.

5 years ago

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Numerous documentaries have ventured to convey the immense sacrifices of WWII.

Six people were killed after a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a P-63 Kingcobra fighter plane crashed during a Dallas air show Saturday, officials said.

Tinnitus, knee pain, an old pair of combat boots.

It's been 84 years since airship Hindenburg crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Data errors mean that there could be hundreds of mistakes included on the planned Wall of Remembrance at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in the nation's capital.

Vietnam Veterans Day is March 29.

A list of all the U.S. Presidents that served in the military.

The Marine Corps put the kabosh on a John Wayne film, suggesting it to be a PR nightmare.

Operation Sea Lion was an amphibious invasion intended to result in the German defeat of England.

The "Forgotten War" in Korea broke out 70 years ago along the 38th parallel. It hasn't officially ended.

A bipartisan group of senators has submitted a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to once again push to add the names of the “Lost 74” — the sailors killed aboard the Evans — to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

“It is very important for us for a soldier who lived and died as an American be acknowledged for posterity as an American. It is also equally important for us that a soldier who lived and died as a Jew, be recognized as a Jew.”

Air Force veteran Mark Gatton got the idea to save the USS Ling and bring it to Louisville, Ky., when he learned that the sub was going to be scrapped in New Jersey.

Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith said two men were responsible for the vandalism spray painted “Xs” over the faces of World War I generals and “communist symbols” just before 1 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Though Memorial Day was made an official federal holiday in 1971, its roots trace all the way back to the Civil War.

The site has been picked and dedicated. But now they need to raise the money.

The deportation is the first for a Nazi war crimes suspect since John Demjanjuk in 2009.

Sixty years ago, on March 11, 1958, an Air Force bomber dropped a nuclear weapon on a farm in the rural Mars Bluff community outside Florence. The radioactive payload either wasn’t loaded in the warhead or didn’t detonate — the stories differ.