Finding solace in chickens: One veteran’s fight to save his flock and mental healthVeterans lean on emotional support animals to help cope with their PTSD, but there are challenges to keeping them.By Stephen Starr, The War Horse6 days ago
This gunner is the only sailor buried at sea — inside his planeLoyce Edward Deen survived the battle of Leyte Gulf only to be cut down in a mop-up effort a week later. By Claire Barrett5 weeks ago
How America observed Christmas — at home and abroad — during WWIIAmid shortages, rationing, separation and grief, Americans fought to keep the yuletide spirit alive.By Stanley Weintraub7 weeks ago
The American who was held in Ireland’s WWII internment camp — twiceGuards 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 Sisk7 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 Barrett2 months ago
Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be aliveAs survivors fade, their descendants and the public are increasingly turning to other ways of learning about the bombing.2 months ago