Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

Dec. 7, 1941 – that the Japanese attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Although America learned of the attack via radio ...

I knew my mom was a WAC (Women’s Army Corps) but didn't know the details or historical significance until Tyler Perry released 'The Six Triple Eight' ...

Eighty years after World War II, Gov. Jim Pillen created a medal to honor living veterans of the war. This week he visited ...

The Six Triple Eight shares the story of an all-Black battalion of WACs that faced unimaginable challenges while serving overseas during WWII.

Recent revelations about U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funds have prompted many Americans to wonder where ...

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler ...

Set up 90 minutes after the start of the Eaton fire on Jan. 7, and run by the American Red Cross, the shelter housed about 1,140 people at the peak of evacuations. As of Feb. 4, 272 people ...

American and Japanese carriers fought a two-day sea and air battle off the coast of Saipan. It would go down as one of the biggest carrier battles of World War II. Japan lost three aircraft ...

The Yankees’ crosshairs were aimed at the British Empire and the red was a reference to the coats worn by British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War. In the plan Canada’s hue is ...

It’s been over one week since the Flight 5342 crash in Washington D.C. and the Wichita community continues to try to recover.

The British Red Cross is the UK’s largest independent provider of services for refugees, asylum seekers, vulnerable migrants and survivors of trafficking. From volunteering to participating in a ...