The U.S. built 49,324 M4 Sherman tanks between 1942 and 1945. The Sherman was the most-produced tank of World War II. Germany ...
In 1943 Vincent Speranza, the son of Italian immigrants, enlisted when he turned 18. "I decided to be a paratrooper when I found out that that would probably be the fastest way to get into the battle, ...
The reliable supply of abundant American oil was key to the Allied victory in World War II. The combination of vast oil ...
Recently, I stood in an airfield in Sweetwater, Texas, and looked up. I was wondering what it would have been like to take off from there in a small plane, flying into the dust of West Texas and the ...
Grover Trytten, a 104-year-old World War II veteran from Georgetown, took a Dream Flights ride in a restored Boeing-Stearman ...
Today, our Nation proudly commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Allied Powers’ triumph over national socialism and fascism, and the end of World War II in Europe — one of the most epic victories ...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – After eight decades, a war hero is back home in Minnesota. His family searched for many years, but it took DNA technology to make the connection. U.S. Army Captain Willibald C.