17+ hour, 31+ min ago  (713+ words) To sit in a room with Brig. Gen. Enoch "Woody" Woodhouse, he says, is to "start with the truth." So when he was asked if he thought he was a legend, he replied. "Yes and no." "I'm a legend all…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (666+ words) Seven Japanese American soldiers were promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having been branded "enemy aliens." The seven were students at the University of…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (149+ words) For decades, Navajo Code Talkers were the unsung heroes of World War II. On Tuesday, the United States observed Veterans Day, a day to honor all who served. Among them, the Navajo Code Talkers hold a singular place in American history....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (226+ words) Two awards named in honor of war heroes from Massachusetts were presented on Veterans Day at the State House. Andrew Biggio, the founder of Boston's Wounded Vet Run & Ride was honored with the Captain Thomas Hudner Jr. Valor Award. Biggio…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (389+ words) An Ipswich, Massachusetts, man is set to tell his father's World War II story on Veterans Day to the rest of the country. The story centers on Jim Kurtz's father, Robert Kurtz, who came home from war after being shot…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (387+ words) It's a story of quiet resilience and survival told through a small, handmade teddy bear named Sasha. Sasha, now 81 years old, once belonged to Holocaust survivor Michael Gruenbaum. The bear was sewn by his mother, Margaret, while the family was…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (448+ words) World War II veteran Ken Mar, a former prisoner of war, celebrated his 100th birthday with the Gung Ho American Legion in Sacramento, California, sharing his secrets to a long life. Ken Mar, a World War II Army veteran and former…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (513+ words) A World War II veteran from Nebraska believed to be America's last surviving "ace" pilot because he shot down five enemy planes has died at age 103. Donald McPherson served as a Navy fighter pilot aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (139+ words) Antonio Marquez was on the Honor Flight this year to visit the WWII memorial A year after his wife died, Antonio Marquez finally did something he swore he would never do without her. In June, he was aboard the Honor…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (357+ words) Friday marks 80 years since V-J Day, when Japan surrendered to Allied forces on Aug. 15, 1945, effectively ending World War II, and veteran Caster Salemi is sharing his memories at Hudson's American Heritage Museum. Sitting inside the museum, surrounded by original World…...