Whatever the congressional committees looking into the Sept. 2 strike determine, Democrats and some Republicans are questioning the legality of the overall mission.

It was 80 years ago that Japan surrendered, essentially marking the end of World War II. A man from Dawson, Minnesota, was there when the peace treaty was signed aboard the USS Missouri. John ...

Two men struggled to cling to the boat’s hull, according to lawmakers. Then Adm. Frank M. Bradley gave an order for a ...

The United States was a month shy of officially entering World War 2. Still, a showdown was brewing in the churning, ...

Built in 1941, Diamond Lil was one of the first Liberators to enter combat. B-24s were used in every theater of the war.

Growing up surrounded by World War II veterans, most of whom refused to discuss their service fighting the horrid fascist ...

The WWII Vets I knew did not brag about their “lethality,” or their “warrior ethos.” Most of them refused to talk about it at ...

America faded away into the distance. Her last speck of land reached out until our new home gave way to the open sea. I turned around and got a glimpse of distant luxury: a transatlantic liner turned ...

Directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao, ‘Hamnet’ uses Maggie O’Farrell’s source novel to embroider the scant facts surrounding ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited the “fog of war” in defending a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner announced his bid for reelection on Tuesday, launching what will be a key campaign in a ...

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