WWII Marine Cpl. Frank S. Wright's 100th birthday wish is to receive 100,000 postcards or birthday cards. Here's where you ...

How a WWII ace became the unlikely honoree of a submarine combat award Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, on Jan. 6, 1897, Ralph Talbot studied at Yale before taking an interest in aviation.

Turning the big 100, a World War II veteran in the California city of Lodi is celebrating his birthday with one wish.

Frank Wright was a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima, and helped liberate Guam. Eight ...

WWII (1941 - 1945): $5.74 Trillion . The U.S. spent nearly $6 trillion on World War II in 2024 dollars. In the peak year of spending, WWII expenditures made up 35.8% of the national GDP.

In the fall of 1945, a Dutch teenager named Frieda van Schaik wrote a letter to the US military seeking the address of the mother of an Army officer and Harvard-trained architect who was killed ...

Military slices out web pages about WWII Native American code talkers to comply with Trump order to eradicate DEI. Military has long credited Indigenous code units for serving key roles in WWI and ...

WWII ship accidentally sinks before US-Philippine ship-sinking drill. ... The exercise marks the first time the aerial defense system has been deployed outside the U.S. with a U.S. Marine Corps unit.

Morris Canady, a World War II Marine veteran, from the Bedford area, will soon be laid to rest in his hometown. Jimmy Canady, Morris Canady's nephew said he is grateful the day is almost here.

US President Donald Trump referred to US Marines buried in a WWI cemetery in France as "losers" and "suckers" for getting killed in action, according to a report Thursday in the Atlantic magazine.

At 100 years old, Carroll Braxton is the oldest living Montford Point Marine, the first African Americans to serve in the United States Marine Corps.