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This gunner is the only sailor buried at sea — inside his plane

Loyce Edward Deen survived the battle of Leyte Gulf only to be cut down in a mop-up effort a week later.

By Claire Barrett

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How America observed Christmas — at home and abroad — during WWII

Amid shortages, rationing, separation and grief, Americans fought to keep the yuletide spirit alive.

By Stanley Weintraub

2 weeks ago

Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of last Pearl Harbor survivors, dies at 105

There remain only about a dozen survivors of the 1941 surprise attack, which killed just over 2,400 troops and propelled the U.S. into World War II.

2 weeks ago

The American who was held in Ireland’s WWII internment camp — twice

Guards at the Curragh had blanks in their weapons and the internees, allied and German, were allowed to visit local pubs and join fishing and golf trips.

By Richard Sisk

2 weeks ago

The Army-Navy game that ‘stopped the war’

The 1944 game delivered a brief respite from the far-flung battles across the globe, drawing attention back to a good, old-fashioned American rivalry.

By Claire Barrett

4 weeks ago

Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive

As survivors fade, their descendants and the public are increasingly turning to other ways of learning about the bombing.

5 weeks ago