H.W. Brands offers a refreshing detour from the usual smears lobbed at Charles Lindbergh and the America First Committee.
During World War II, a group of female pilots called the Soviet Night Witches bombed Nazis after nightfall. Although rarely any mention of them is made in history books, they played a significant role ...
When Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, German forces surged into Soviet territory with overwhelming speed, ...
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — World War II veterans and others gathered at the National World War II Memorial on Sept. 2 to commemorate the end to the conflict which pitted Allied forces against Axis ...
A World War II veteran from Nebraska, believed to be America’s last surviving “ace” pilot because he shot down five enemy planes, has died at age 103. Donald McPherson served as a Navy fighter pilot ...
WASHINGTON — Veterans, families and the public gathered Tuesday at the National World War II Memorial to mark the 80th anniversary of V-J Day, the formal surrender of Japan to the allies aboard the ...
Donald McPherson, a WWII Navy aviator and believed to be the last surviving American fighter ace, passed away at age 103. He served in the Pacific Theater, flying combat patrols and participating in ...