As America approaches 250 years of independence, reflect on the lessons from World War II and the importance of civic duty.

The WASPs risked their lives flying for the Army. But for decades, the U.S. government refused to recognize their military ...

Pecorak, who fought in Italy with the 1st Armored Division, died on March 15, 2024, aged 101. He was laid at Arlington National Cemetery on March 6, 2026.

While the NMMC preserves both flags in their collection, they are only displayed together briefly each year to mark the ...

On February 23, 1945, Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured one of the most famous images in American history: six US Marines raising the flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of ...

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, second-generation Japanese American soldiers signed up to fight for the United States in World War II even as their families were locked up in government-run ...

On February 23, 1945, US Marines reached the summit of Mount Suribachi during the brutal Battle of Iwo Jima and raised an American flag to signal progress in one of World War II’s fiercest fights. A ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and analysis to ...

As America celebrates its semiquincentennial, museums across the D.C. area are focusing on many of the country’s triumphs. Eighty-one years ago this month, thousands of U.S. Marines were fighting one ...