The death of Benito Mussolini on April 28, 1945 was characterized “A fitting end to a wretched life,” by The New York Times.

In 1942 the 24th General Hospital was created by doctors from Tulane University and nurses from New Orleans. Serving in the Mediterranean theater, they were known as the “Tulane Unit.”

How American PT boats became part of the last patrol conducted in the Mediterranean Sea.

In this clip, Renstrom gives a chilling account of the Japanese and civilian suicides at Marpi Point on Saipan.

The horrors of World War I led to research that resulted in two antibiotics that saved thousands of lives in World War II, and many millions since.