While they were yet to have full human rights at home, black Americans still had the same responsibilities and were part of ...

He'll be buried in Scranton. “We’re very happy that there’s closure,” his niece, who never got to meet her uncle, said.

One of Britain’s last D-Day veterans is pleading for a medal recognising his role in the campaign before he dies.

In an interview last week, Raaen, 81 years later, remembers in vivid detail the horror of the pivotal World War II battle on D-Day 1944. He said the grim, opening of “Saving Private ...

Long Islanders who served included a sergeant who flew a record number of bombing missions and soldiers who took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy.