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VA’s online legacy project adds names of 210,000 vets lost overseas
The expansion of the veterans online memorial includes the names of almost 93,000 veterans killed overseas during World War II.
After 74-year postponement, 101st Airborne plays ‘game that never happened’
Honoring the soldiers who fought almost 74 years earlier in World War II, 24 members of the 101st Airborne Division gathered in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, to play a game of touch football.
By Noah Nash
More than 70 years after he was shot down, this WWII airman is coming home
Nearly 74 years after his death in a crash landing in Slovenia, Sgt. Alsonso Duran will finally return home to be laid to rest in New Mexico.
By Noah Nash
Marine who died in WWII buried in Massachusetts
A decorated U.S. Marine killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II has finally been laid to rest.
Trump budget won’t rebuild the military, and that’s dangerous, think tank says
President Trump’s budget plans will fail at “rebuilding” the armed forces, but there’s room for lawmakers to act, according to a new American Enterprise Institute report.
By Joe Gould
House panel adopts $716 billion defense authorization plan
The budget bill -- which will set hundreds of defense policies for next fiscal year -- was approved after more than 14 hours of debate.
Pair helps deceased WWII veteran get the honor he deserved
Mike Shults never knew Howard Knowles. But his passion for helping a fellow veteran 23 years after Knowles’ death has led to the war hero finally getting the military benefits he earned and helped his family know what happened to his remains.
By Erin McIntyre, The Daily Sentinel (Colorado) via AP
MEDAL: Underwater discoveries help us remember history, honor the fallen
The crew of the Research Vessel Petrel, led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is on a roll.
By Military Times Editors
What was Army basic training like during World War II?
What was basic training like during World War II? Well, it kind of depended on who you were, and what you were training for.
By Ken Chamberlain
Back from the dead: Family believed WWII POW had been killed
Frank Hernandez had survived a shell hit in France that sent shrapnel into his hip and knee, bombs raining down around him as he hid in a Belgian cellar, and a bullet that struck his canteen while he lay trapped under machine gun fire in a German beet field.
By Vickie Aldous, The Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune via AP