On June 6, 1944, news of the Normandy invasion spread through German prisoner-of-war camps like wildfire, igniting hope in Allied POWs. 

Brash, beautiful, and driven, aviatrix Jackie Cochran rose from a childhood of poverty to record-breaking heights in aviation.

A final salute to US Senator John McCain, who died August 25 in Arizona at age 81 after a lifetime of service to his country. The son an...

The commemorations on January 27 remind us that the Holocaust was the result of step-by-step decisions by individuals that led to the largest genocide in the history of mankind in a wave of antisemitism, intolerance, and hatred.

From rural Mississippi to Iwo Jima, Joseph LaNier confronted racism in society and service.