In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: ...

Amid the bright flowers at The Californian, a small senior center in Woodland lies a living treasure of American history: ...

Image courtesy of The Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Association The sound of horses galloping, kids laughing, and a Blues band ...

Bronze Star recipient Ronal Bassham spent decades in the military during a difficult time for African-Americans.

The G.I. Bill, which provided life-changing education and housing benefits to millions of World War II veterans, excluded ...

Read More: What America Owes Black Veterans of World War II These warriors came to embody Black Civil War service, if not African American patriotism. As the war raged, Sergeant Major Lewis Douglass ...

New Haven native Milton M. Collins served a vital role in the fight to defeat Nazi Germany. The U.S. Army also gave him the chance to tap dance with a famous movie actor.

Their stories are just one part of “Fighting for the Right to Fight: African American Experiences in World War II,” a ...

Eighty years after Elmer Wright was presumed dead off the coast of Tunisia, his younger brother fought to get his true ...

Even though age made some of those memories fuzzy, the black and white photos taken by World War II veteran Emerald Knudson ...

Hidden histories come to life in this sprawling show, which includes photos, films and interactive touch-screen oral ...