World War II veterans Robert Miller and Willard Smith found each other in the same assisted living facility 82 years after fighting in the Battle of Luzon.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Joey Balfour is the Assistant Director of Oral History at the National WWII Museum. The digital collections ...

If we don't ask now, these stories will be gone.' That belief drives Zach Dunn as he travels across the province, recording stories of aging soldiers ...

The following story was pieced together from an interview entitled The War years (and Wild Times) of Wesley Mayfield Riley, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II and died in 2006. NETTLETON ...

The kamikaze plane wasn’t more than 90 feet away, about the length of a basketball court. Its intended target was Edward Czechowski and his crew. The 20-year-old Navy coxswain acted quickly, shooting ...

The Nazis couldn’t stop them back then, and so the cold air and biting, constant wind blowing across the National Mall wasn’t going to stop them Tuesday. A group of World War II veterans were among ...

The former Navy pilot is graduating from the University of Toledo. It's been almost 70 years since Bob Barger last sat in a classroom, but the World War II veteran finally received his college diploma ...

World War II was nearing its end in March 1945 when Russell Sattazahn found himself taking cover from enemy fire with other GIs in the basement of a German house. At first they felt protected, but the ...

A Good Morning Britain star rushed to comfort a World War II veteran on Friday (November 7) as he admitted, "The sacrifice wasn't worth it". During today's edition of the hit ITV programme, hosts Kate ...

Some 1.25 million Pennsylvanians fought in World War II, and more than 33,000 died in the world's deadliest conflict. However, the number of World War II veterans — the "Greatest Generation" as coined ...