Summary: The M3 medium tank, known for its dual main guns and historical significance, played a crucial role as a stop-gap solution for the United States during the early stages of World War II.
Despite not being part of a combat unit, Charles Hardy captured dozens of POWs and took part in the Battle of the Bulge. By Nicholas Slayton Published Dec 2, 2023 11:18 AM EST More than 75 years after ...
Eighty years after the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, Leighton Willhite traveled to the National Museum of the Marine Corps’ support facility in Virginia for a reunion, of sorts, with the ...
Be they trundling through the mud of Western Europe, kicking up dust on the plains of North Africa or forging a path through the snow of the Eastern Front; the tank defined the war on land between ...
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Various land-based fighters were converted to become seaplanes during the Second World War. A few were very impressive, like ...
Meet the Focke-Wulf Fw 190: Along with the well-known Messerschmitt Bf 109, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 became the backbone of the Luftwaffe’s Jagdwaffe (fighter force) during the Second World War. The ...
Second Lt. Gene F. Walker was killed in Germany in 1944, nearly three months after his daughter was born. She learned in July that his remains had been identified. By Amanda Holpuch For nearly 79 ...
Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II, spent more than a day treating wounded troops under heavy German fire ...
Just as Emperor Hirohito was announcing Japan’s surrender, two US Army Air Corps P-51 fighters attacked a Tokyo airfield on August 15, 1945 during the last few hours of World War II. Their strafing ...
MetroWest residents have an opportunity to catch a World War II Pacific Theater reenactment this coming weekend. The American Heritage Museum in Hudson is hosting the reenactment on July 12-13, ...