This video explores why American flamethrowers became one of the most feared weapons during World War II, particularly in the ...

During World War II, the American F4U Corsair was one of the fastest fighter planes ever built—and one of the most dangerous to fly. This story follows U.S. Navy and Marine Corps pilots, along with ...

Here’s a collection of excerpts from the special columns of This Month in Fort McCoy history that highlighted history at then-Camp McCoy in September ...

On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard ...

Peter Kindred grew up in a farmhouse stuffed with World War Two arms and explosives. His father's Home Guard uniform was ...

The Tamil Nadu government has begun preliminary work to transform the Chettinad Airport in Sivaganga district into a multi-purpose aviation hub focused on pilot training and emerging aviation ...

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Jonathan Dickinson State Park's name comes from a shipwrecked Quaker merchant who was captured by natives off Jupiter with his family in 1696.

James Swanson’s story begins in Evanston, Illinois, in 1926, during the Great Depression. Growing up as the son of a minister who moved the family across Montana, Oregon, and Iowa, James learned ...

From the outside, Charles “Chuck” Blemler’s home looks like any other, but inside is a living museum: hand-carved wood figures, woven baskets, artifacts from another century. And tucked within those ...

The U.S. Air Force safely disposed of a World War II-era practice bomb found on private property in southwestern ...

With the dawn of the jet era, Midway was not prepared, and its runways were too short to accommodate airliners powered by jet ...