The USS "Edsall," a 314-foot-long destroyer, fought off Japanese forces for more than an hour before sinking beneath the ...

A soldier from Webberville, U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. James W. Swartz, 21, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war in ...

The remains of U.S. Army Private Joseph Cocco, who died in Italy during WWII at 22 years old, have been reunited with his family in Delaware County after more than 80 years.

A soldier from Mid-Michigan who fought and died in the Pacific theater during World War II has been identified and accounted ...

As thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps, Swartz was among those reported ...

WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. James W. Swartz, 21, ...

Raymond M. Krepps, Jr. was still a pre-teen when he moved to Lewistown, from Brooklyn, New York with his parents and younger ...

Germany tried twice in the 20th century to conquer Europe and very nearly achieved that goal in World War II. In fact, not ...

Twenty years ago this month, U.S. Marines began fighting the largest urban battle since the Vietnam War. More than 12,000 American, British and Iraqi troops fought for Fallujah, which had become an ...

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