A memorial depicts FDR’s special relationship with ordinary Americans in a world verging on war.

How a forceful German counterattack in February 1944 could not push back the Allied Anzio landing.

The personal cost of a great victory is brought home to a young pilot.

From the Manhattan Project to Hiroshima and atomic diplomacy.

A single teardrop symbolizes FDR’s tumultuous first term.

How the strategic location of the diamond-shaped peninsula proved too much for the Germans.

Families with unrecovered loved ones should never give up.

The unforgettable sight of three Japanese carriers burning on the blue Pacific, described by a pilot who was there.

The spirit of democracy in wartime connects two great presidential memorials.

How the sheer raw power of the Allies overwhelmed the Germans.

Naval aviator Dusty Kleiss describes the moment that changed everything at the Battle of Midway.

A WWII US Army lieutenant who called artillery fire onto his position is posthumously recognized for valor.