91-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Meets Prince Charles, Shares His Harrowing Story
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Manfred Goldberg, now 91 years old, is a Holocaust survivor who was liberated from a concentration camp when...
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Woman Receives WWII Letter 76 Years After It Was Mailed
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The letter was sent after the end of World War II in December 1945, but it just recently got delivered.
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Never Forget! Reflecting on What the Holocaust Teaches Us About Responsibility
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The underlying reality is that the capacity for the abuse of freedom and the horrors of that event is always just under the surface in human society.
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The Battle of Ambos Nogales, 27 August 1918
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This little, out-of-the-way battle at the border town of Nogales, Arizona, would go down as a curious side story in the history of WWI.
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Santa and NORAD
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The NORAD Santa-tracking program has delighted children for generations. And it all happened on accident.
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Lt. Harvey Barnum: Marine Hero of Operation Harvest Moon
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Barnum had only been with these men for four days. But within moments, it became apparent that he was going to have to take command of this battlefield situation.
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Pan American Flight NC18602: An Unexpected Trip Around the Globe
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The Pacific Clipper's route home was blocked by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, forcing the commercial aircraft to circumnavigate the globe.
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John Steinbeck in Vietnam
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"I wish I could tell you about these pilots. They make me sick with envy. They ride their vehicles the way a man controls a fine, well-trained quarter horse."
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Black Female Veteran Meets Newest Challenge Head-On After Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
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The diagnosis came when she was only 42 years old.
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Military Chaplains: Some of Our Most Unheralded Heroes
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Over the history of the Chaplains Corps, some 270 chaplains have been killed in action while providing aid and spiritual comfort to troops on the battlefield or while serving aboard ships.
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