Homes, shops, hotels and schools were told to evacuate, as well as a large hospital and a major train station in what the city called "the largest operation since WW2". Cologne was subjected to ...

BERLIN — Some 20,500 people were evacuated on Wednesday from the city of Cologne, in western Germany, as explosives experts prepared to defuse three unexploded World War II bombs found during ...

LINCOLN, R.I. (WJAR) — A World War II veteran who lives in Lincoln got a very special birthday surprise Saturday afternoon. ALSO READ: Memorial Day weekend promises gradually improving weather ...

Sitting outside the new exhibit and taking pictures on Sunday with guests was World War II Veteran George Leland. "I'm over 100 years old. I still have my hair!" Leland said. One of the original ...

“I think this is just spectacular,” he said, gazing at the displays honoring the Tuskegee Airmen and other pilots who served during World War II. “It has to be one of the best events I’ve ...

The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs. The American bombs ...

AFTER years of safeguarding a watch given to her grandfather in the Second World War, two sisters have finally tracked down its owners. Amateur sleuths Debbie Blaxall and Tracy Stevenson’s ...

For many years after 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr. was killed in World War II, his parents kept his empty bedroom like a shrine to their only son. In the local cemetery, they placed a memorial stone ...

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has announced that a Washington County World War II veteran has been positively identified 81 years after his disappearance. U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd ...

Thomas Kelly was shot down during World War II, his family can finally find peace. Thanks to advanced technology and the efforts of Project Recover, Kelly's remains have been returned to the ...

The pivotal mission helped free western Europe from Nazi control. This week, World War II veterans are back in Normandy. On those beaches, it was a hero’s welcome for a fading generation of ...