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October 20, 2019

Battle of Midway: Second World War II-era Japanese carrier apparently found in Pacific

Deep-sea explorers and historians on Sunday announced they apparently found a second World War II-era Japanese aircraft carrier that sank during the Battle of Midway.

October 19, 2019

Wreck of Japanese aircraft carrier sunk in Battle of Midway discovered 77 years later

Researchers have discovered the wreck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga 77 years after it was sunk by U.S. forces during World War II's Battle of Midway.

October 18, 2019

Bret Baier: Three presidents at the brink -- FDR, Eisenhower, Reagan and the future of the free world

Here's the story of how FDR, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan are linked, over a period of 56 years, in a twentieth-century battle for freedom and democracy in the world. 

October 18, 2019

Group scours Pacific for sunken WWII battleships, lost war graves

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — Deep-sea explorers scouring the world's oceans for sunken World War II ships are focusing on debris fields deep in the Pacific, in an area where one of the most decisive battles of the time took place.

October 18, 2019

Former Nazi concentration camp guard, 93, on trial in Germany as accessory to more than 5,000 murders

A 93-year-old former SS private who as a teenager stood guard in a watchtower in a Nazi Germany concentration camp began trial Thursday in Hamburg state court where he’s accused of being an accessory to 5,230 murders in the finals months of World War II.

October 17, 2019

WWII-era racy paintings discovered at English nursing home

Workers renovating a room for a new resident at a nursing home discovered racy paintings dating back to World War II beneath the wallpaper.

October 17, 2019

Another Iwo Jima flag-raiser was mis-ID’d, Marine Corps confirms: report

The U.S. Marine Corps admits it has long misidentified one of the service members who took part in the Iwo Jima flag-raising – three years after admitting a similar error.

October 15, 2019

Hall of Fame coach Marv Levy calls on all NFL teams to hold World War II remembrance ceremonies

Former NFL coaching legend Marv Levy is calling on all NFL teams to hold World War II remembrance ceremonies as the league celebrates its 100th season. 

October 13, 2019

Coach Marv Levy: NFL honors World War II ‘Greatest Generation’ – Each team has its own connection to war

It's time for the NFL to honor the service and sacrifice of the "Greatest Generation" before these treasured World War II heroes are gone. Their inspiring values must be instilled in future generations.

October 9, 2019

Nazi Blitz secrets revealed in novel Liverpool excavation project

The Blitz during World War II may have been one of the most devastating campaigns in modern warfare. More than 70 years after it occurred, an archaeology student in the U.K. is attempting to tell the story of what happened to some of those affected by it.