In letters to his wife, a World War II veteran and Hamtramck resident shared love, fear and hope. Their daughter has preserved 250 correspendences.

Veterans Day should remind us that we ... (Courtesy of WWII Veterans History Project) Every Veterans Day, I take time to ...

Raymond Vachon, a World War II Army Air Corps Flight Engineer and B-24 Top Turret Gunner ... "When he died, he was living ...

This fall, with help from Maine's Sen. Susan Collins' office, the Army verified that Elmer Wright was entitled to another five medals. "PFC Elmer Gay Wright gave his life for the United States during ...

Through mitochondrial DNA analysis, scientists were able to identify Wiper Spotts' remains, and return his remains to his ...

Tommy Tribble, serving in the military had just been “his job.” It was a job that began when he was first deployed in 1945 ...

Wilbur Rupke of Lexington served in the U.S. Army’s 75th Infantry Division, enduring grueling combat in Belgium, France and Germany, including the Battle of the Bulge. LEXINGTON — At 98 years old, ...

Bishop was killed in World War II in Okinawa. She was 3 1/2 years old. Her sisters, Ona and Billie, were 2 1/2 and 1 1/2. The sisters visit Bishop’s grave in Kossuth Cemetery and speak of him often.

When visitors enter Jerry Busby’s basement, they’re greeted with walls filled with military memorabilia as an ode to service ...

Francis Houlihan, small town Iowa grocery man, only five years removed from his high school graduation, found himself 85 ...

Gerri Eisenhauer's father, Army Pvt. William Walters, was shipped off to World War II before she was even born. In 1944, her family got back his body and a letter that only stated he had died ...

The millions more who stayed home were a vast civilian army, mobilized by the government to finance the war effort, conserve natural resources, and produce a continuous flow of war material. When the ...