More than 400,000 Americans died in the war. Initially, American President Franklin D. Roosevelt did not want to involve America in what began as a European war. World War II broke out just two ...

With March being Women’s History Month, the museum held a special Women’s History Day event on Saturday.

In September 1943, the Italian battleship Roma was steaming toward Malta to surrender to the Allies when a pair of German Dornier Do 217 bombers appeared overhead. The planes released two Fritz X ...

Aug. 22 (UPI) --The man believed to be the last surviving World War II official American ace naval fighter pilot has died at age 103. Described in his legacy.com page as a compassionate and humble ...

A gimlet-eyed and honest accounting of the war’s hidden costs that still affect us today. Ad Policy Recently discharged Marine Faris Touhy recreates an image of him drinking a cup of coffee after two ...

NMAH copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. The spaces people share : the changing social geography of American life / Sandra Opdycke -- Drowning in pictures / Kenneth Cmiel -- ...

When Allied troops stormed the beaches of Sicily on July 10, 1943, they expected brutal combat in what Winston Churchill called "the soft underbelly of Europe." In most cases, they got what they ...

If you were to ask a teenage boy about his hobbies, you might hear about time spent playing in and/or attending various sporting events, using social media or listening to the latest pop music. When ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 22 (UPI) --The man believed to be the last surviving World War II official American ace naval fighter pilot has died at age ...