A German U-boat sunk the USAT Dorchester on Feb. 3, 1943, in the North Atlantic Ocean, killing 672 of the 902 servicemen, ...

During the panic of the disaster, the four chaplains organized evacuees, distributed life jackets from storage, and tended to ...

Doug Hegdahl, the subject of Marc Leepson’s “The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in ...

At 100 years old, Carroll Braxton is the oldest living Montford Point Marine, the first African Americans to serve in the United States Marine Corps.

We couldn't carry anything, that was forbidden," he said. "The camp is completely empty." After bulldozers and armoured vehicles were deployed near his home, he said, residents trudged away along ...

"In combat, they would just charge forward from the tree line, like in a World War II movie," Ihorovych recalled. Assaults during World War II often had high casualty rates. He said his troops ...

Two female sea lions nursed back to health at SeaWorld San Diego after being found struggling on beaches in San Diego County surged into the sea off a Camp Pendleton beach on Friday, Jan. 31 ...

WASHINGTON — During the height of World War II, more than 900 service members, civilians and crew aboard the U.S. Army Transport Dorchester sailed through the North Atlantic for Greenland.

JENIN, West Bank-An Israeli military operation in Jenin has turned the West Bank refugee camp into what residents and some officials describe as a ghost town, causing destruction on a scale not ...

Mostly clear to start the night but clouds will begin to increase from the east after midnight. It will be mostly cloudy by dawn but still with clear spells in places. A dry, chilly night. Friday ...

Tonight will again become mostly cloudy, although there may be some clear breaks towards the west. Mainly dry barring the odd spot of drizzle locally. Monday A milder day tomorrow. Cloud and ...