World War II had such a tremendous impact on American culture and so saturates our media and entertainment, it seems like it ...

World War II veteran Edward Czechowski was just 17 when he enlisted in the Navy shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. “I turned 18 at Guadalcanal,” he said, referring to the ...

The Navy destroyer was sunk in 1942 during World War II, after facing down overwhelming odds and fighting a pitched battle.

The USS Edsall played a pivotal role in the Allied Pacific campaign in World War II. More than 80 years after sinking in ...

The USS Edsall, a World War II American warship, was bombed and sank three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Three of the greatest World War II films of all time are on TV today ...

In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: ...

(CBS DETROIT) — The remains of a World War II airman from Michigan who was captured, subjected to the Bataan Death March and ...

U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Bernard J. Calvi, 23, died in a prisoner of war camp in the Philippines during World War ...

A 223-year-old Washington, DC estate that once served as the secret strategic base for a World War II general was recently ...

The “Dancing Mouse”—the Clemson-class destroyer more formally known as the USS Edsall—and its more-than-200 servicemen went ...

A fortune teller read his palm and told him that he had a long lifeline and would survive the war unscathed. On the ...