On January 1, 1942, 26 countries signed the Declaration of the United Nations and 21 more countries formally joined the alliance prior to the end of World War II.

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

The vestige of a peculiar tradition, short snorters served as both wartime souvenir and membership certificate to a special club.

An interview with Anthony Tucker-Jones, author of the newly released Churchill: Master and Commander.

The surveillance and detention of Italian Americans after Pearl Harbor is a little-known piece of WWII history.

How did Mary Golda Ross, who taught high school in her native Cherokee schools, end up as a space-travel engineer?

Hawaii was paradise, but military cooks often supplied the old favorites for soldiers and sailors who were stationed far from home.

The Hawaiian Islands are the result of millions of years of volcanic activity. So were most of the islands scattered across the Pacific Ocean. The entire Pacific Campaign was shaped by geological forces not understood until decades after the war.

The modern usage of the word “cool” surfaced during World War II. Cool was a new concept, a new set of encoded ideas, and a new musical aesthetic. This article explores the idea in a post-WWII context.

During the war, Mexican Americans served in the military and worked on the Home Front to support their country, and when it ended, were no longer willing to accept second-class citizenship.