The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for ...

The Missouri's captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II. The pilot received the same funeral that the ship ...

His funeral procession included a World War II Willys Jeep escort, and a military aircraft ... danced in Harris’ living room next to a large radio console when he was 3 or 4.

A U.S. Army honor guard folds a flag to be given to relatives of Joe Harris after the World War II veteran's burial at Inglewood Park Cemetery on Saturday. (David Butow / For The Times) ...

We just always had stories because we were not even thought of.” Bryant was killed in action in September 1943 during World War II. “I do our family tree and genealogy. So, I tried looking up ...

EMILY FENG, BYLINE: After World War II, the U.S. started building what scholars now call soft power tools. Of particular interest was radio. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: ...

Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino was an American disc jockey and radio personality who starred ... to Allied troops in the South Pacific during World War II on the Zero Hour radio show.

When Melvin Kaminsky arrived in Europe with a field artillery unit, he thought he would be a radio operator ... of humor served him well during World War II as Brooks found himself far from ...

Sgt. Joe Harris: Believed to be the oldest paratrooper to have served during World War II, he died on March 15. Harris was 108. (Bob D'Angelo/Cox Media Group) By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group ...

Sgt. Joe Harris: Believed to be the oldest paratrooper to have served during World War II, he died on March 15. Harris was 108. (Bob D'Angelo/Cox Media Group) By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National ...