1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The Department of Defense is also commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. During World War II, military nurses became an indispensable ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Norma Nelson had plans to teach Spanish, but like many other young adults in the 1940s, World War II changed that trajectory. “I felt that I had to do something ...

Regina Benson, 100, a former Army nurse who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, is interviewed at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., for an upcoming video project, July 10, 2020.

After visiting a friend who returned from World War II confined in a body cast, Kathy Collens felt compelled to enlist in the war effort. In 1944, at the age of 23, she joined the Army.

ELLISVILLE, Mo. — This is an unsung story about a group of World War II nurses. Terry Jacoby, a 100-year-old retired nurse, now lives in Ellisville. She is likely one of the few remaining women ...

Those are the humble words of Pfc. John Wardell, 99, as he and U.S. Army Ranger veterans from World War II were honored with the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday. “To be a Ranger is to live by a ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A 99-year-old World War II veteran got a special ‘thank you’ for his service Thursday. Edward Boudreau served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during World War II.