Lucas ultimately received 26 operations to remove shrapnel from his torso, arm and face, the National World War II Museum said. Then-president Harry S. Truman awarded him the Medal of Honor at the ...

World War II veteran Ed Talley, center, has a glass of wine while enjoying a meal with Greg Ireton, 99, left, and Ed Beck, 100, as they celebrate Talley’s 102th birthday at Red Lobster on Friday ...

A U.S. Navy destroyer sunk in 1945 by a kamikaze aircraft during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II has been discovered by a group of civilian underwater explorers deep in the Pacific Ocean ...