World War II

A World War II veteran wounded during the bloody battle of Normandy finally received an honor seven decades overdue. NBC New York’s Gilma Avalos reports.

In 1945, World War II Veteran Ed Kinslow missed his high school graduation because he was busy flying for the Air Force. At age 94, he is finally getting the chance to walk across the stage on graduation day.

At a time when few women became pilots, the Federal Aviation Administration credits Hazel Ying Lee as the first Chinese-American woman to fly for the military, blazing her own trail

Nearly 80 years have passed since Marvin Cornett was wounded by a German mortar during a battle in World War II.

Five Holocaust survivors reflect on the significance of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and hope to get back to a life without restrictions.

The United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary with its chief urging leaders of an increasingly polarized, go-it-alone world to work together and preserve the organization’s most important success since its founding

Some U.S. veterans who planned to climb aboard a battleship in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor to mark the 75th anniversary of the Japanese surrender that ended World War II instead watched a livestream of the ceremony from home

A German court has convicted a 93-year-old former SS private of being an accessory to murder at the Stutthof concentration camp, where he served as a guard in the final months of World War II

Queen Elizabeth II has made a knight of the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public by walking 100 laps of his garden and raising some 33 million pounds ($40 million) for the National Health Service

After joining the U.S. Navy during the height of World War II, Constantino “Gus” Scutari got married and settled in Syosset. Mr. Memorial Day, as he became affectionally known as, passed away in April at the age of 99. Greg Cergol shares his story.

Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular “Forces’ Sweetheart” who serenaded British troops abroad during World War II, has died at 103. During the war and long after, Lynn got crowds singing, smiling and crying with sentimental favorites such as “We’ll Meet Again,” and “The White Cliffs of Dover.” “The family are deeply saddened to announce the passing of one of…

Suffragists fighting for the right to vote 100 years ago found themselves hemmed in by the Spanish flu of 1918, their rallies and other gatherings cancelled as they tried to convince lawmakers of their cause. Historians celebrating the milestone this year during the coronavirus pandemic have a new appreciation for what those women accomplished.

This year’s D-Day anniversary in Normandy has turned out to be one of the loneliest observances ever

The British World War II veteran who became a national hero by raising millions to support the country’s National Health Service celebrated two milestones on Thursday with much fanfare, NBC News reports.

More than 3,000 people on Guam are expecting to get long-awaited compensation from the U.S. government for their suffering at the hands of imperial Japan during World War II.

The survivors are telling their stories, or the tales of loved ones, in order for people not to forget the atrocities they witnessed or endured — especially in a time when anti-Semitic attacks are on the rise

Holocaust survivors in the tri-state were conflicted on how to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz — for some it marked a time to mourn, others saw it as a time to celebrate freedom and rebirth. But all agreed on one thing: the urgency to share their memories so the world doesn’t forget. NBC New York’s Adam...

As the number of living survivors of the horrors of the Holocaust dwindles, the urgency to preserve the past grows — especially in a world where anti-Semitic attacks and incidents are on the rise. NBC New York’s Adam Kuperstein reports.

New U.S. Navy submarines will revive the names of the USS Arizona and USS Oklahoma, two of the biggest casualties of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, officials said. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly announced nuclear, Virginia-class attack submarines will carry the names, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday. The battleships were badly damaged...

As a schoolboy three quarters of a century ago, Marcel Schmetz would regularly see open trucks rumble past to a makeshift American cemetery — filled with bodies, some headless, some limbless, blood seeping from the vehicles onto the roads that the U.S. soldiers had given their lives to liberate. Sometimes, Schmetz said, there were over 200 bodies a day, casualties…