World War II

Al Jameison welcomed all the attention Wednesday, but was — he said — a bit surprised. “I said, ‘gee whiz.’ I didn’t think I’d reach an age like that,” he said. That’s because the East Harlem native turned 100 Wednesday. The milestone prompted a party at a Long Island assisted living facility Jameison now calls home. “He’s been through...

A group dedicated to finishing the work of World War II’s Monuments Men is betting on a deck of playing cards, and reward money, to help find missing works of art taken by the Nazis

Members of two top-secret World War II military units referred to as the “Ghost Army” will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal more than 75 years after their service, under legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden

A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family

The oldest World War II veteran in the United States has died at the age of 112.

The remains of a World War II soldier from upstate New York killed in France in 1944 have been identified, defense officials announced Friday. U.S. Army Pfc. Morris E. Swackhammer, 20, of Binghamton was accounted for June 28, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. His family only recently received a full briefing on his identification. Swackhammer was hit by…

Authorities have identified the remains of a World War II soldier from New Jersey who was killed in Germany and buried in Belgium.

A new graphic book depicts the autobiographies written by six Jewish teenagers just before World War II. It is being published as a major archive of prewar documents about the Jews of Eastern Europe are reunited online.

Family and friends of one of the U.S.’ last WWII veterans said goodbye to 102-year-old San Diego resident Sidney Walton, who died Saturday in Santa Monica surrounded by loved ones.

Primetta Giacopini’s life began and ended with pandemics

A Louisiana man who is the oldest living World War II veteran in the United States has marked his 112th birthday

For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young American soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944

Plans are underway to reinter the remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker at the Pantheon monument in Paris.

Prime Minister Yosihide Suga said Japan never forgets that the peace the country enjoys today is built on the sacrifices of those who died in the war.

An Army battalion that made history as the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II is set to be honored by Congress

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.