The classic holiday musical White Christmas reveals the impact of military service in World War II.

Many Americans greeted the news of the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima with jubilation. Beginning shortly after the war, however, a number of prominent US military leaders began to question the bomb's use.

The Soviets inflicted terrible brutality on their Japanese captives.

In 1942, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) became the first independent US intelligence agency. It only lasted for three years and three months but it became the basis for the modern Central Intelligence Agency.

World War II shaped the culinary experiences of Japanese Americans in incarceration camps.