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How one Japanese vessel spectacularly failed at Pearl Harbor
Even before the first Japanese bomb fell, the HA-19 and four other Type A midget submarines were meant to deal the first blow to the “sleeping giant."
Aid is delivered to Gaza from newly repaired US-built pier
U.S. Central Command said Saturday that crews delivered about 1.1 million pounds of food to Gaza via the pier.
How Gustav the pigeon broke the first news of the D-Day landings
Gustav flew for five hours and 16 minutes across a distance of 150 miles to deliver the news, amid darkened skies and a headwind of about 50 mph.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
102-year-old WWII Navy vet dies en route to D-Day commemorations
Robert Persichitti enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and later sailed on the USS Eldorado to the Pacific, taking part in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
The officer who stormed Normandy with nothing but a cane and pistol
One NCO recalled seeing Roosevelt on the beach 'with a cane in one hand, a map in the other, walking around as if he was looking over some real estate.'
‘What they left behind’: Ernie Pyle recalls the carnage of Omaha Beach
The story of D-Day as told by what one war correspondent saw left on the beaches.
By Ernie Pyle
A personal account of a paratrooper who jumped into Normandy on D-Day
Lt. Col. Gerhard Bolland, an 82nd Airborne Division officer, described what it was really like to parachute during the invasion of Normandy.
By Gerhard L. Bolland
Actor Idris Elba discusses suppressed stories of D-Day’s Black vets
Actor Idris Elba and director Shianne Brown spoke to Military Times to discuss their latest collaboration, "Erased: WWII Heroes Of Color."
US military hopes to reinstall Gaza aid pier later this week
The U.S. military hopes to reinstall a pier for ferrying food aid into Gaza after undergoing repairs from when it broke apart due to high seas.
D-Day vets hailed as heroes as they arrive in Normandy for anniversary
Schoolchildren greeted dozens of WWII vets, many in their 100s, as they arrived in Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Here’s your team, go get ‘em: Training for long range recon in Vietnam
Veterans of LRRP units talk about how they got into the military, and took jobs in Long Range Recon — one of the most dangerous jobs in Vietnam.
By Staff Reports