A week after Pentagon leaders announced their intention to possibly rename the USNS Medgar Evers, christened for the World War II veteran and civil rights leader, his family urged the Department of ...

The ship is one of eight vessels named after activists – among them Cesar Chavez, Harvey Milk, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and ...

What began as a family vacation to honor a relative’s military service turned into a powerful and emotional experience for ...

Neil Smoak has spent his life studying his family, including three Smoak men from Colleton County who died June 9, 1944, during the Normandy invasion.

A small town in Normandy, France, is honoring the sacrifice of the 28th Division this weekend. Nine soldiers were killed in ...

In the roar of engines and the thrill of the race, it is easy to forget the deeper stories that shape our nation’s spirit.

A reader visits the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth honored the sacrifices of the soldiers who died landing in France 81 years ago. But there was ...

Tolley Fletcher, at the time a 19-year-old Navy gunner's mate, remembers the rough seas and the treacherous landing troops ...

World War II veterans, now mostly centenarians, have returned with the same message they fought for then: Freedom is worth ...