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November 21, 2019

Dominic Green: Prince Andrew allegations could be 'biggest royal scandal since Edward VIII palled around with Nazis'

The friendship between Prince Andrew and the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein could set off a royal scandal of a magnitude not seen since World War II, according to British columnist and editor Dominic Green.

November 18, 2019

Rare World War II 'escape kits' sold at auction

A rare collection of "escape kits" from World War II POWs that included hidden maps, a pencil with a dagger inside and a shaving razor blade have been sold at auction.

November 18, 2019

World War II ammunition fished out of pond in Germany by children with magnet

This was an unlikely catch of the day.

November 12, 2019

Son of WWII veteran appears on 'Fox & Friends'; reacts to father being honored by Trump

Following Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds being honored by President Trump on Veterans Day, his son, Chris Edmonds, appeared on “Fox & Friends” to discuss his father’s heroic efforts to save lives during the Holocaust.

November 12, 2019

Daughter of scuttled German WW2 battleship commander calls for him to be honored

This Christmas Inge Nedden will honor a father she never knew in a land thousands of miles from her native Germany. She wants him to be honored by his home country.

November 11, 2019

Virginia veteran, 93, who dropped out of high school to fight in WWII, gets honorary diploma

James Yarbrough, during a Veterans Day ceremony, was left in tears fulfilling a lifelong dream. The 93-year-old veteran from Virginia was finally getting a diploma, more than 75 years after World War II interrupted his education.

November 11, 2019

Polish PM says Netflix World War II documentary showed 'hugely inaccurate' map: A 'terrible mistake'

Poland's top leader has lashed out against Netflix over a World War II documentary that features what he claimed was a "hugely inaccurate" map that portrayed his country in a negative light. 

November 11, 2019

Medal of Honor recipient's Purple Heart purchased at gun show, donated to school decades after it vanished

A Purple Heart belonging to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient from Texas that had been lost for decades was bought by a woman at a gun show on Long Island, N.Y., this past September for $60 -- and on Friday, she donated it to a Texas school bearing the name of the honoree.

November 11, 2019

Eerie US WWII fighter plane that crashed off UK coast given protected status

A U.S. World War II  fighter plane that crashed off the coast of North Wales and occasionally appears from the sands has received protected status, officials announced Monday.

November 11, 2019

WWII US submarine wreck discovered 75 years after it sank

The wreck of World War II submarine USS Grayback has been discovered off Japan 75 years after its sinking by a Japanese bomber.