world war ii

Sgt. Victor Pederson enlisted in the Army a little over […]

June Wandrey Mann served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Her service brought her to Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany.

Earl McClung was one of the original members of ‘Easy’ Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Regiment, of the 101st Airborne Division.

Elvis Mason's unit engaged in combat for 100 consecutive days and moved through France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland to push the Germans back.

When Sibby LeBeau joined the Navy, he became a code talker, using Native American languages to transfer information among the Allied powers.

Lawson Sakai is a Veteran of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regiment, […]

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran John Walter MacIndoe. John served from 1942 to 1972 during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

The Japanese forced William Allen and the American soldiers to walk more than 60 miles in ten days from the Bataan Peninsula to the O’Donnell prison camp.

Pfc. Arthur Joseph Holmes enlisted in the United States Marine […]

Bob Cinibulk's aircraft was shot down near Aesch, Switzerland. This day was known as “Black Thursday”, with 69 bombers being shot down.

Herbert Baker was drafted into the Marine Corps in during World War II in 1943 and worked mainly in Hiroshima and in Nagasaki, Japan.

Walter Botts was chosen among several models to pose as ‘Uncle Sam’ in the prominent ‘I want YOU!’ WWII recruiting campaign posters