Private First Class Harry Jerele was among the thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members who were captured and interned in prisoner-of-war camps after the surrender.

K-9 war hero Layka, who saved the life of her handler and his teammates in Afghanistan, is part of a long history of dogs serving in war.

With a glimpse of Stalin's grave in Red Square, a brutal legacy rewinds. 

The Canadian offensive on Verrières Ridge, led by the Canadian Black Watch, was a savage "forgotten fight" that helped ensure General Omar Bradley's US Army breakout from Normandy in Operation Cobra.

USS Mason was the first US Navy fleet vessel crewed by a majority of African American sailors.