Nation's last surviving World War II Navy fighter pilot shot down five Japanese planes while serving on the USS Essex.

As a naval aviator in World War II, Donald McPherson got five aerial kills. Then he spent decades in a life of service.

Donald McPherson, a Nebraska farmer and World War II fighter ace credited with shooting down five Japanese planes, has died ...

A World War II veteran from Nebraska believed to be America’s last surviving “ace” pilot because he shot down five enemy ...

When he left the military after 27 years, retired U.S. Army Col. Otis Evans – a decorated Vietnam helicopter pilot – thought ...

The family of a Bermondsey-born WWII reconnaissance photographer- one of the ‘Southwark Four’ who never returned- has finally ...

Prince Harry quietly paid tribute to his late grandfather Prince Philip and other veterans for the 80th anniversary of V-J ...

This story originally appeared on Sept. 1, 2015, as part of the Journal Star's recognition of area veterans. Don McPherson ...

While others carried rifles, the Sanitäter carried bandages—racing into gunfire to save friend and foe alike. These were WWII ...

On June 23, 1942, Luftwaffe pilot Armin Faber struggled to keep his Focke-Wulf 190 airborne after a fierce dogfight left him ...

Sept. 6 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. This is an all static aircraft shoe with 20+ WWII Warbirds and 40+ Show Aircraft, live music, food ...