A Christmas classic, Miracle on 34th Street, provides a surprisingly realistic perspective on WWII refugees.

Coast Guardsman Charles Walter David Jr. volunteered to rescue sailors from the doomed USAT Dorchester and also saved the lives of two of his own shipmates.

Mexican-born Jose Lopez earned America’s highest military honor for his heroic one- man stand during the Battle of the Bulge.

The origins of an iconic movie line and the refinement of rules for the treatment of prisoners of war.

Born of desperation, the British tank attack at Arras on May 21, 1940 was a tactical failure with major strategic implications—and it may have helped to save the British army.