John Wardell, 99, as he and U.S. Army Ranger veterans from World War II were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal on ...

During World War II, Disney had its artists draw up roughly 1,200 insignias for the U.S. military, many for Naval units. After Mickey Mouse rode a goose in a patch for a Naval Reserve squadron ...

In September 1939, the world again was thrust into a global conflict after Germany unexpectedly attacked Poland, officially starting World War II. The U.S. began to supply aid to the Allied Forces ...

Among The Citadel men who died in World War II, the list begins with Maj. Lu Shu-Chin, a member of the Chinese Army killed in 1938. Citadel ranks emptied during World War II for sacrifices ...

Leading up to the war, civil rights groups advocated for the military to add black pilots to the ranks. In 1940, Secretary of War, Harry Stimson approved a plan to train an all-black 99th Fighter ...

The Army now has more four-star generals serving on active duty than the Army and Air Force combined had during World War II.. Army Col. Christopher Coglianese, the chief of Future Operations at ...

About 350,000 American women served in uniform during World War II. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. Subscribe ... Ahn was one of the few Asian American women who rose up in the military ranks.