World War II

Author of book about WWII Battle on Okinowa

Echoes from a long-ago war, animate this Navy historian

A book by a historian from the Naval History and Heritage Command recalls a bizarre episode from a long-ago war. In the great WWII battle for Okinawa,…

Navy

photo by Staff Sgt. Tawny Kruse)

Military installations are also sites of American cultural heritage

Facilities/Construction

Veterans Day: Holiday for some

Federal Report

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For D-Day: Ugly-duckling tech helped victory

Tom Temin Commentary

In this Friday, June 1, 2018 photo, military service members with the Armed Services Honor Guard prepare to present folded flags as Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery and the Missing In America Project conduct a military burial service for the cremated remains of eight unclaimed veterans in San Antonio. The remains of eight U.S. military veterans that for years had been stored in the basement of a county courthouse in the Texas Panhandle have been interred as part of a formal ceremony in San Antonio. (Kin Man Hui/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

A Veterans Day must-read

Federal Report

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Steven Barber: Putting the forgotten stories of WWII on the big screen

Federal Drive

Department of Defense

Photos: 29th Bataan Memorial Death March sees record numbers

Defense

This Nov. 20, 1942, photo provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, shows opening ceremonies of the ALCAN Highway in the Yukon at Soldier's Summit, Alaska. Nearly 4,000 segregated black soldiers helped build the highway across Alaska and Canada during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades but drawing attention as the 75th anniversary approaches. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History via AP)

The Greatest Generation remembered

Federal Report

A rose is visible on a seat before President Barack Obama speaks at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 30, 2016, during a Memorial Day ceremony. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

On Memorial Day, the old ones remember the young ones

Tom Temin Commentary

D-Day plus 70

Mike Causey

Replica Flying Fortress offers peek into WWII history

Defense

D-Day plus 69 years

D-Day, some call it the longest day, began 69 years ago today. Veterans of World War II are all old men and women now. They are dying at the rate of more…

Mike Causey

D-Day plus 68 years

Worried about your job, your benefits, your career? Lots of people are. But this might be a good day to put your put things on hold and think how different…

Mike Causey

Educating students about war

Fed Access

Veterans National Education Program Co-founders Andrea Hooper and Bob McMahon talk about the organization’s vision and mission.
April 20, 2012(Encore presentation June 8, 2012)