World War II

Moving through intense enemy fire on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945, Corporal Hershel Williams single-handedly destroyed numerous enemy machine-gun

Historic footage of the bombing of Japan by B-29 airplanes and the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Japan

With the Marines at Tarawa

1st Lt. William F. Knapp returns to Sainte Mere Eglise after 72 years and recounts his story of landing in

D-Day veterans receive Legion of Honor after 72 years!

Carrying out the Coast Guard's time-honored task of saving lives, albeit under enemy fire on a shoreline thousands of miles

Experience the landings at Utah Beach, Normandy with former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as U.S. Army's Chief of Staff GEN

WWII Veteran Jack Hamlin shares his U.S. Coast Guard story from D-Day.

In honor of the D-Day anniversary, Military.com presents some, rare color footage of the action.

More than 70 years after Germans shot down Jimmie Collins’ plane, his remains were repatriated thanks to luck, DNA testing