In 1943, the US Army’s 7th Infantry Division captured Attu in the Western Aleutians, effectively removing the Japanese threat from America’s backyard.

Malcolm Higgins discusses his experiences in the US Army Air Forces.

Charles Bishop describes his experiences during the first patrol of the USS Piranha (SS-389).

Although the star was used as the main identification for Allied vehicles in World War II, its design changed over time.

In 1973 a devastating fire in the National Personnel Records Center destroyed about 17 million military personnel files. A loss with long-lasting repercussions, it affects our understanding and knowledge of many individual WWII stories.