February 22, 2019 WWII U.S. airmen who died saving British children honored with flyover 75 years on A special flyover took place Friday to commemorate ten U.S. airmen killed when a crippled B-17G bomber crashed in Sheffield, England, 75 years ago.
February 22, 2019 Statue vandals seem to have mistaken WWII hero for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, museum officials say Vandals in North Carolina may be in need of a history lesson after having set fire to a statue honoring a World War II hero they apparently mistook for a Confederate general, officials said earlier this week.
February 21, 2019 WWII veteran has one wish for his birthday: 100 cards Joe Cuba, a World War II veteran, has just one wish for his birthday this year - 100 cards for 100 years.
February 19, 2019 '#MeToo' spray-painted on Florida statue of iconic WWII sailor kissing nurse The statue depicting the iconic photo a sailor kissing a dental assistant at the end of World War II was tagged with the words “#MetToo” on Monday night, Florida police said.
February 18, 2019 Sailor in iconic World War II kissing photo in Times Square dies at 95 The sailor shown kissing a woman in New York's Time Square in an iconic photo that captured the ecstatic celebrations at the end of World War II died Sunday in Rhode Island, according to family members.
February 15, 2019 Vice president Pence honors Holocaust victims in 1st visit to Auschwitz Vice President Mike Pence paid a solemn visit Friday to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration camp in Poland where more than 1 million people, mostly Jews, lost their lives in the Holocaust.
February 14, 2019 Top UK left-wing politician calls Winston Churchill a ‘villain,’ sparks firestorm A top British left-wing politician has spared a political backlash after describing former Prime Minister Winston Churchill as a “villain” -- a comment he later backtracked on after coming under heavy criticism.
February 12, 2019 Wreck of WWII aircraft carrier USS Hornet discovered in the South Pacific The wreck of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) has been discovered off the Solomon Islands by a research organization set up by the late billionaire Paul Allen.
February 8, 2019 German auction house pulls Adolf Hitler artworks days before sale A German auction house has been forced to pull several paintings attributed to Adolf Hitler just days before they were due to be put up for sale.
February 5, 2019 Child takes live World War II-era explosive for show-and-tell Show-and-tell at a British school could have ended very wrongly after a student unknowingly took a live explosive device to show off to his classmates – and had to be detonated by a military bomb squad.
