Excuse me, but there’s something wrong here,’ she said. ‘I’m standing and you’re sitting.’ When the men looked up, my mother pointed to her
Feb. 3 is the 82nd anniversary of the sinking of the USAT Dorchester in the north Atlantic Ocean by a German U-boat. The disaster also created one of World War II’s most enduring symbols of valor, service,
The last survivor of the American team that competed in Hitler’s 1936 Games in Berlin, she went on to become a wartime pilot and an aeronautics instructor.
Iris Cummings Critchell, an aviation pioneer who was believed to be the last living Olympian from the 1936 Berlin Games, died last Friday at age 104. Her death was confirmed by the IOC and by Harvey Mudd College,
A free symposium at the museum Feb. 15 will look at African American engagment in World War II and its place in social progress.
Recording Evil,' a landmark documentary project exposing the largest spy operation in WWII, is based on declassified British intelligence documents.
Race relations and the fight for ethnic equality have been an ongoing pursuit since the birth of the nation. Every facet of society has an integration story, including the military. The Fighting
Hidden Spies of World War II” is a collection of vignettes of 52 courageous women, most of whom spied for the Allies in German-occupied France. They were part of a group created by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and known as the Special Operations Executive’s F Section.
From 1943 through 1946, more than 3,400 prisoners (including 15 Nazi generals) were processed at Fort Hunt, according to Robert K. Sutton's 2022 book, "Nazis on the Potomac: The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win World War II.
This is the fourth part in a series of special history columns about World War II. Almost two months into the fighting of World War II with enemies in the Pacific and in Europe, Cobb County had become a hive of activity with everyone doing something to support the war effort.
The Auschwitz martyrs’ legacy of holiness continues to be a source of inspiration for Catholics worldwide. Here are several of those martyrs and their stories, listed by religious order: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891–1942) — also known as Edith Stein — was a Catholic convert of Jewish heritage.
The Air Force said it would no longer teach about the Tuskegee Airmen or WASPs after Trump issued an executive order barring diversity programs.