WWII veteran's donated memoir recalls Pacific island fighting. 

Only the film With the Marines at Tarawa can convey the struggle and sacrifice of the Marines on the Pacific atoll.

By VE-Day, 1.6 million American soldiers stood on German soil. Their first months in the land of their former enemy were marked by a number of surprising observations and interactions.

On June 6, 1944, President Franklin Roosevelt's usual "fireside chat" would be replaced with a joint prayer with the American people. 

Churchill’s famous quip about the Royal Air Force’s “few” was inspirational, but Fighter Command wasn’t so few and even had several advantages.