Posted On: May 19, 2023

From a Basque sheep farming family in Idaho to England as part of the U.S. Army Air Corps, read Manuel Aldecoa’s heroic story.

Posted On: April 14, 2023

Herbert “Bud” Milligan joined the Royal Canadian Air Force for free flying lessons but was soon thrust into the middle of the dangerous WWII “Siege of Malta”.

Posted On: March 15, 2023

As ubiquitous as the yellow “We Can Do It!” poster is in today’s culture, it was actually Norman Rockwell’s rougher Rosie that initially gained popularity in the 1940s.

Posted On: February 28, 2023

Longing to fly, but lacking the education to join the USAAF, Duane Beeson joined the Canadian RAF Eagle Squadron in WWII.

Posted On: January 6, 2023

As a civilian accepting a construction job on Wake Island, Joe Miller did not expect to become a POW during WWII. But when the island fell to the Japanese in 1941, he and his co-workers were interned for 44 months.

Posted On: July 22, 2021

After a bombing mission in Italy took a bad turn, William Torske spent months in Stalag Luft 1, emerging a changed man.