Marcus Brotherton

Franz Stigler, a German fighter pilot, spared American bomber pilot Charles Brown during World War II, illustrating how empathy strengthens conviction.

This Veterans Day, recall how a Medal of Honor recipient didn't give up. He was shot three times and partially paralyzed, but had others carry him so he could treat the wounded.

Sometimes when encountering a difficulty, we turn to a harmful vice instead of pushing through it. A story from World War II can offer another way forward.

"Band of Brothers" Capt. Sobel, played by actor David Schwimmer, is still controversial. He was criticized as incompetent, but he also drilled Easy Company into a stellar unit.

Most of us experience war only from the news, books or movies. On Memorial Day, It’s hard to grasp what those who fight for our freedom actually go through.

When Capt. Art Palmer, 103, talks about his service during World War II, he leans forward in his chair, his voice intensifies, and his hands fidget, like he’s back in combat.

Bataan survivor Lloyd Ponder, 101, remembers enduring malaria and hunger in POW camps because ‘God sustained me.’ He came home and married his sweetheart.

38,000 veterans eat from garbage cans every day. New Korean War movie ‘Devotion’ shows how we can end veteran homelessness with a simple helping hand.

The amazing story of a WWII veteran who left Memphis to join the Army in 1940 at age 14 because he was hungry, but soon found war and then life as a POW.

The men of Easy Company, the heroes known as the Band of Brothers, led their nation in war and their values should still be an inspiration to all Americans.

When friends asked what they might teach their kids about war, I offered five lessons for the next generation based on what I've learned from veterans.

My young daughter did not know what V-J Day meant. Here's what I told her and what we need to share with a new generation of Americans.

Joseph Johnson was only 16 when he became a POW during World War II. Despite hardships, he speaks of his Japanese captors with respect, a lesson for a divide America.

Gary Beikirch had been sent to the village along with 11 other Green Berets to act as advisers for the fighters of an oppressed tribe known as the Montagnards.