COLLEGEVILLE >> World War II veteran George Lentz only has one hope in mind as he recalls his service to his country. “I think children in school should know a little bit about the history and really ...

DOVER, Del.- The Air Mobility Command Museum shifted the spotlight from artifacts and exhibits today to honor a real-life hero from World War II. WWII veteran William Bieber, famed for his bravery as ...

Lester Schrenk, B-17 ball turret gunner, shares how the military kept his POW status secret from his parents after being shot ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – In 1942, Congress voted to lower the age of those who could be drafted to 18. Richard Gibbs was one of the first 18-year-olds to go to WWII. He said once he got his orders, the ...

The way Frank Mazikowski keeps the quips coming, it’s hard to tell sometimes when he’s being serious. But this time, he swore, he wasn’t kidding: “It was when ISIS started screwing around,” said ...

LONGVILLE, Minn. - The old man sat at his kitchen table and sipped coffee, a stack of birthday cards displayed nearby. Jim Eide had turned 100 a few days before. "I don't feel it yet," the World War ...

Jerry Duran is sitting at his dining room table, explaining what it’s like to man the ball turret of a B-17 bomber, and feigns like he's going to draw his knees to his chest. At 92, they don’t bend ...

A 1941 graduate of Sugar Notch High School, Joseph John Miskel was one of thousands of young men and women who enlisted in the U.S. Armed Services at the outbreak of World War II. While each have ...

On Veterans Day we remember from World War II the hazards faced by young men who became our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers. For example, the 8th Air Force suffered more than 26,000 dead ...

It’s been described as a Crematorium on Wheels, a Tommycooker or, as World War II veteran Clarence Smoyer once referred to it, “home.” One of the last functioning Sherman tanks rolled down the narrow ...

The way Frank Mazikowski keeps the quips coming, it’s hard to tell sometimes when he’s being serious. But this time, he swore, he wasn’t kidding: “It was when ISIS started screwing around,” said ...