On the night of April 10, 1942, a massive explosion shattered the calm at Jacksonville Beach, Florida, as the SS Gulfamerica, ...

On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans, out of the nearly 2,000 on board.

On May 3, 1945, one of the greatest and most silenced maritime tragedies of the 20th century unfolded in the Bay of Lübeck in ...

He served his country with honor during WWII and now 102-year-old R.D. Lawrence, a former prisoner of war, has been honored with a medal that few Oklahomans ever get when he received the Oklahoma ...

Remembering these remarkable contributions and the people who served when the 80th anniversary of V-E Day is celebrated.

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code-breaker during World War II who kept a military secret about her assignment for decades, ...

Tom Hanks is officially returning for a sequel to his World War II naval film Greyhound for Apple Films. Production is now ...

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Weimar, Germany — On April 12, 1945, CBS News correspondent Edward R. Murrow walked through the ... their families," said Timmer, who teaches German and religious studies.