World War II

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Joe Foss Guadalcanal

This Medal of Honor recipient came up with the idea for the Super Bowl

By Stephen Ruiz

John Frum Movement

The John Frum Movement and the Legacy of World War II in the South Pacific

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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How the Navy Once Mistook Venus for a Japanese War Balloon

By Bethaney Phillips

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World War II alliances fueled the resurgence of the post-war American mafia

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The reason Gen. George Patton is buried in Luxembourg

By Miguel Ortiz

Olympian Charley Paddock

This Olympian served under a Medal of Honor recipient during World War II

By Stephen Ruiz

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Here’s what communication back home looked like during World War II

By Bethaney Phillips

Henry J.F. Miller

How a drunken major general almost ruined the surprise of D-Day

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Navy Combat Demolition Unit reenactment

Naval Combat Demolition Units and the sailors who made D-Day possible

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Aleutian Islands

Japan’s invasion of Alaska and the only World War II land campaign on American soil

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The Dutch wait years to adopt World War II graves in Netherlands American Cemetery

By Blake Stilwell

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The American mafia teamed up with the Navy to get even with Mussolini

By Daniel Tobias Flint

ITALY - APRIL 01: World War Ii, Liberation Of Milan On April 1945 (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Italian women quietly enabled a new front for the Allies in World War II

By Gina Napoletano

Triple Nickles: A C-47 carries parachutists of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion to the scene of a remote fire in Wallowa forest, Oregon. (National Archives)

America’s first all-Black paratrooper unit protected American civilians during World War II

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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3 Stories from the Battle of the Bulge you won’t see in ‘Band of Brothers’

By Adam Gramegna

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Nazi sabotage teams were captured infiltrating the US during World War II

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Five men in military uniforms and caps stand together in front of an aircraft. They appear to be airmen, wearing light-colored shirts with insignia and dark belts, with some having pilot wings on their chests. The photo is black and white, suggesting it is historical.

These pilots fought back during the attack on Pearl Harbor

By Miguel Ortiz

james howard one man air force

The ‘One Man Air Force’ took on dozens of enemy fighters even after his guns ran dry

By Friedrich Seiltgen

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‘Ramage’s Rampage’ saw a World War II sub sink 5 ships in 40 minutes

100 year old marine reunited with iwo jima tank marine corps

100-year-old Marine reunited with tank he drove on Iwo Jima

By Miguel Ortiz