Beauford Anderson fought 75 enemies on Okinawa alone, heroics for which he received the Medal of Honor.

Throughout his life, FDR’s Little White House in Warm Springs became an important location from his time as Governor of New York until his death on April 12, 1945.

American personnel faced a humanitarian catastrophe when they liberated Buchenwald Concentration Camp. 

Shortly removed from Prohibition and with a growing hatred of all things Germans, the United States began a relationship with beer and breweries that lasts still today.

A sailor had a simple request—he just wanted to relax with a few beers after months at sea.