Hook’s 11-page memoir is on the website, The World War II Experience, a local nonprofit that preserves the stories of the ...

ADA, Minn. — Memorial Day is coming up and in Ada, Minnesota, high school students there have found a special way to honor veterans and their families. As part of the 80th anniversary of World War ...

The reward for a youth during World War II was often a draft notice, compelling the individual into military service. Truman H. Gentzsch was like many of his contemporaries who were well into their ...

Two Milwaukee-area families – connected by Marine pilot Walter Eck and gunner Irvin Korotki – only recently learned their loved ones served and died together in World War II. More than 80 years later, ...

, from an article published in the South Pacific WWII Museum Newsletter, September 2025 – James (Jimmy) Carter Espiritu Santo, the largest island in Vanuatu, is home to a remarkable number of World ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — They’re often called the greatest generation. We’re talking about World War II veterans. Memories of World War II are disappearing each and every day because the men and ...

Henry joined the Navy as soon as he graduated from high school in 1944. A few months later, he was on a troop carrier in the ...