After his plane was shot down, Glenn H. Hodak was sent to a military prison in Tokyo, where he was killed by U.S. firebombing in May 1945 ...

African American troops line up, National Archives The military's view toward African Americans during World War II reflected that ... to gain respect at home. "There was a real belief that ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

It happened in the Philippines (then an American colony) during the early days of World War II, when the Japanese invaded the islands after attacking Pearl Harbor. US ARMY VETERAN STARTS ...

circa 1943: One American female worker drives rivets into an aircraft while another sits in the cockpit on the US home front during World War II. They wear aprons and their hair tucked into scarves.

During the Battle of the Bulge, the German offensive spanned across a roughly 75-mile front line ... features four American Veterans who fought and lived through World War II and the Battle ...