World War II

For years even her family didn’t know of Phyllis Latour’s past until her son stumbled across the information.

Eager to show the Airborne Test Platoon veterans that airborne training was still tough, the “Black Hats” smoked us like cheap cigars.

“You’re not going anywhere down there at Remagen. You’ve got a bridge, but it’s in the wrong place. It just doesn’t fit in with the plan.”

Patton is a military legend. But as a commander, his brisk tactics and brusque temperament often put him at odds with peers and superiors.

John Basilone is a legend. His actions during the fighting on Guadalcanal in October, 1942, resulted in him being awarded the Medal of Honor.

Historians estimate that the February 13, 1945 Allied bombing of Dresden and resulting firestorm killed some 25,000 people.

Knight went out to recon and found three Japanese pillboxes. One by one, he moved on them and took them all out using hand grenades.

This letter, sent from the Battle of the Bulge, is a stark yet beautiful reminder of the fighting spirit of our Armed Forces.

Having grown up in Italy, Joe Savoldi was a natural for OSS. And winning a bar fight? He could clear the room by himself. 

During the Battle of the Bulge, a German family brokered a truce between American and German troops who had become lost in the forest.

Think you’re a WWII history buff? Check your knowledge with today’s History Hangfire about the Battle of Midway.

Atkins is a fascinating character born in Romania, and a Jew, in England the military, distrust her and refuse to grant her citizenship.