A free symposium at the museum Feb. 15 will look at African American engagment in World War II and its place in social progress.

From 1943 through 1946, more than 3,400 prisoners (including 15 Nazi generals) were processed at Fort Hunt, according to Robert K. Sutton's 2022 book, "Nazis on the Potomac: The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win World War II.

Days shy of his 101st birthday, Sgt. Harold "Bud" Pressel stood in front of a full house at the American Legion in Dallastown to receive a Purple Heart.

Did you know these amazing facts about World War II?

The historic, all-Black unit included more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks from throughout the nation, including Louisiana.

The historic buildings at Fort McCoy, originally constructed in 1942, are being relocated to make room for new officer quarters and military facilities. In 2023, Fort McCoy saw its first-ever attempt to move one of its historic barracks buildings.

The Prince of Wales noted that his great-grandmother "gave refuge to a Jewish widow, Rachel Cohen, and two of her five children to save them from deportation to the death camps," noting how it "was an extremely risky undertaking."

Hidden Spies of World War II” is a collection of vignettes of 52 courageous women, most of whom spied for the Allies in German-occupied France. They were part of a group created by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and known as the Special Operations Executive’s F Section.

World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war for new modern dogfighters.

While men fell to bullets and bombs everywhere, the world’s longest venomous snake ever recorded was also caught in the crossfire. Here’s how it happened.

Frank Barresi of Hallowell Drive, Foxboro’s lone surviving World War II veteran, had died Jan. 13 at age 98, Foxboro Town Manager Paige Duncan noted in her weekly remarks last

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during World War II.