Many American servicemen and women expressed hopes for the next year in wartime New Year’s mail.

Private First Class Ferris LeBlanc served his country honorably during World War II. But the credit due to him was denied thanks to the tragic circumstances of his death in the Up Stairs Lounge fire in 1973.

Viewed through the lens of the average camera or motion picture, World War II is often recorded and remembered as a black and white war.

Join The National WWII Museum March 7 to celebrate the launch of "Loyal Forces" (LSU Press, March 2013), written and compiled by Museum curators Toni M. Kiser and Lindsey F. Barnes.

NEW ORLEANS (December 2, 2009) – "Never forget." Those two words serve as both a remembrance and a call to action for Americans as the na...