WORLD WAR II

The last veteran of Mexico’s relatively small contingent of World War II veterans has died

Winston Churchill was born to a prominent British father and wealthy American mother in Oxfordshire, England, on this day in history, Nov. 30, 1874. He was voted the Greatest Briton in a BBC poll.

Harold Chilton, a World War II veteran who lives in Arkansas, celebrated his 100th birthday on Nov. 12 and recalled his time in the U.S. Marine Band, as well as the secrets of a long, happy life.

The fight to preserve American democracy continues.

As Republicans look poised to take majority control in the House one Ukrainian general is pleading 'unity' in Congress in its support for Ukraine against Russia's war effort.

Francis Martin, 25, was killed in France in January 1945, authorities said.

Authorities in Pennsylvania identified the remains of WWII soldier Francis Martin, who died in 1945 when his convoy was ambushed by German forces. Martin was buried in Belgium.

A World War II-era bomber and a fighter plane collided and crashed in a ball of flames, horrifying spectators who had gathered for the air show.

Six people were killed Saturday when a World War II-era bomber and a fighter plane collided and crashed in a ball of flames during an air show.

While the cause of a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show to commemorate Veterans Day remains unknown, experts say the accident will likely renew discussion over whether additional safety rules are needed for such events.

Officials have released the names of the six people killed in a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show. The Commemorative Air Force, which put on the show, on Monday identified the victims as: Terry Barker, Craig Hutain, Kevin “K5” Michels, Dan Ragan, Leonard “Len” Root, and Curt Rowe.

While the cause of a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show to commemorate Veterans Day remains unknown, experts said Monday that the accident will likely renew discussion over whether additional safety rules are needed for such events. Safety recommendations made following aircraft accidents at similar events have focused on protecting spectators, pilot medical fitness and aircraft maintenance. On Monday, officials identified the six men killed Saturday when a World War II-era bomber and a fighter plane collided and crashed in a ball of flames at the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas show.

The NTSB was working to identify victims of the "horrible tragedy" Saturday after 2 vintage planes collided at the Wings over Dallas air show.

News footage from the scene at the Wings over Dallas air show showed the crumpled wreckage of two historic military planes.

Several videos on social media showed a fighter plane appearing to fly into a bomber, causing them to quickly crash to the ground and catch fire.

Transportation investigators are trying to determine why two historic military planes were seemingly in the same place at the same time just before they collided at a Dallas air show, killing six people.

Two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground in a ball of flames during a Dallas air show, leaving six people dead, officials said. National transportation officials were investigating the cause of Saturday's collision, which came three years after the crash of a World War II-era bomber in Connecticut that killed seven, and amid ongoing concern about the safety of air shows involving older warplanes. The company that owned the planes flying in the Wings Over Dallas show has had other crashes in its more than 60-year history.

This year's event was particularly poignant for the royals, as it also paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

Two planes have collided and crashed at the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas air show, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday.

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided mid-air, according to reports. The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate.

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided mid-air while participating in the Air Force's Wings Over Dallas commemorative event.

Two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground Saturday during a Dallas air show, exploding into a ball of flame and sending plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. Anthony Montoya saw the two planes collide. “The videos are heartbreaking,” Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson wrote on Twitter, adding that the National Transportation Safety Board had taken control of the crash scene with local police and fire providing support.

103-year-old Herb Stern reflects on his time serving in World War II with CBS News correspondent David Martin.

Gladys Hughes, 99, a veteran of the Coast Guard women's reserve, shares a patriotic message about our military veterans — saying that service members are "responsible for the many freedoms we have."

A Ukrainian lawmaker urged Congress to remember the lessons learned from World War II and continue unifying support for Kyiv no matter which party takes majority control.

A nationwide study of more than 1 million military discharges finds that Black veterans are significantly more likely to “bear the stigma” of a less-than-honorable discharge.

A new memoir details the harrowing wartime experiences of World War II veteran Andy Andrews, who struggled to reconcile the horrific violence of the war with his strong Christian faith.

Part of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, NASA announced Thursday. The buried part is believed to be from the shuttle’s belly.

"The surrender of Kherson is the largest geopolitical defeat of Russia since the collapse of the USSR," an ex-Putin advisor said.

"The surrender of Kherson is the largest geopolitical defeat of Russia since the collapse of the USSR," an ex-Putin advisor said.

COVINGTON — In 1918, on the 11th hour, the 11th day, the 11th month, an armistice was declared between the Allied countries of the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Japan and Italy and the Central Powers of the German army. This ceasefire marked the end of World War I. Not long after, war broke

Travis Pastrana plays a Texas policeman in a wild chase video shot by Black Rifle Coffee Company to celebrate Veterans Day and promote the Best Defense Foundation.

Eleanor Roosevelt, who served as first lady for 12 years, died on this day in history, Nov. 7, 1962, after carving out her own legacy as one of the most influential women in American history.

When friends asked what they might teach their kids about war, I offered five lessons for the next generation based on what I've learned from veterans.

Some 700 daily-use objects from a mass grave found at the World War II Gross-Rosen Nazi German death camp have been symbolically handed to the camp’s museum in Poland

A Rhode Island fishing crew discovered a WWII explosiveon Oct. 25, 2022, which was ultimately detonated by U.S. Navy explosive experts the next day.

Poland’s culture minister has rejected speculation that a rare book given to Pope Francis by French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this week might have been looted from Poland during World War II

Imperial Japan sent its first wave of kamikaze suicide planes to the U.S. Navy off the coast of the Philippines on Oct. 25, 1944. Thousands were killed in the attacks by war's end.

An elementary school in the suburbs of St. Louis was found with significant amounts of radioactive contamination in soil, according to a new environmental investigation.

There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, according to a new report by environmental investigation consultants. The report by Boston Chemical Data Corp. confirmed fears about contamination at Jana Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District in Florissant raised by a previous Army Corps of Engineers study. The new report is based on samples taken in August from the school, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Italy’s far-right political leadership marked the 79th anniversary of the World War II roundup of Rome’s Jews on Sunday with calls for such horror to never occur again, messages that took on greater significance following a national election won by a party with neo-fascist roots. Giorgia Meloni, who is expected to head Italy’s first far-right-led government since the war’s end, phoned the leader of Rome’s Jewish community, Ruth Dureghello, to commemorate the anniversary, according to a community spokesman. Meloni said in a statement that the anniversary serves as a “warning so that certain tragedies never happen again.”

Veterans and locals gathered to celebrate Desmond Doss Day at the Monument Terrace Troop Rally.

President Joe Biden designated the first national monument of his administration at Camp Hale, a World War II-era training site in Colorado.

The administration also announced a proposed mineral withdrawal for Colorado's Thompson Divide in order to protect the land from new mining or drilling.

The "ghost boat" was salvaged and somehow ended up at the bottom of California's largest reservoir.

The "Ghost Boat" from World War II surfaced from the receding waters of Shasta Lake in California in the fall of 2021. It was assigned to the attack transport U.S.S Monrovia.

A new statue at the Lynchburg Regional Airport was unveiled this weekend to honor an influential founding member of the National Airmen’s Association.

Reaching political consensus and cementing any coalition could take weeks and a new government may only come to power in October.

What to make of the annual international gabfest that is the UN General Assembly? When the next day comes, we’ve all forgotten all about it.

The San Diego City Council has rescinded a resolution that was passed during WWII to support the incarceration of Japanese Americans in prison camps.

The U.N. chief's remarks come as Europe grapples with perhaps its biggest conflict since World War II.

Comedian Billy Eichner is the first openly gay man to co-write and star in a gay romantic comedy for a major movie studio. He talks with correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti about "Bros," and why it's taken so long for Hollywood to produce a rom-com featuring an all-LGBTQ principal cast.

The remains of a sailor from Massachusetts who died when the USS Oklahoma capsized during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 are being buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday.

An opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times argued that Americans originally helped to promote the rise of Nazism and even the Holocaust in the 1930s and 1940s.

Berlin considers the matter closed, but Poland says negotiations on reparations will be a "long and not an easy path," but "will bring success."

Poland’s top politician says that the government will seek equivalent of $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany for the Nazis’ World War II invasion and occupation of his country.

Poland’s top politician said Thursday that the government will seek equivalent of some $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany for the Nazis’ World War II invasion and occupation of his country. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice party, announced the huge claim at the release of a long-awaited report on the cost to the country of years of Nazi German occupation as it marks 83 years since the start of World War II. “We not only prepared the report but we have also taken the decision as to the further steps,” Kaczynski said during the report’s presentation.

The city of Chongqing is known for both soaring temperatures and spicy cuisine, notably its hotpot: a peppery bubbling tabletop broth into which diners dunk bite-size pieces of food to cook and eat.

World War II veteran, Joe Damiano shared stories about his time in the Army with students at Lord Botetourt High School students.

The U.S. deputy secretary of state says the prime minister of the Solomon Islands “missed an important opportunity” by failing to attend a memorial service to mark the anniversary of a key World War II battle, amid concerns the South Pacific island nation is building closer ties with China.

A 102-year-old woman is being honored for her service with an all-female, all-Black military unit that got mail to U.S. troops in Europe during World War II.

A German court says that a 101-year-old man who was convicted last week as an accessory to murder for serving as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp during World War II has appealed.

Explorers say they found the wreckage of the USS Samuel B.

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines in Southwest Virginia.

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines in Southwest Virginia.

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines in Southwest Virginia.

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines in Southwest Virginia.

Belgium’s King Philippe has expressed his “deepest regrets” to Congolese lawmakers for abuses committed during colonial rule.

Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the United States and allied countries will keep providing “significant” support to Ukraine, out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers.

Joy and sadness are pouring out of those on the beaches of Normandy for the 78th anniversary of D-Day.

More than 20 British World War II veterans have gathered near Pegasus Bridge for D-Day commemorations in Normandy.

Congress has bestowed its highest honor on merchant mariners who fought in World War II, almost eight decades after the conflict in which more than 8,000 of them were killed.

Air Force veteran, Edward Benson Jr. of Roanoke was killed back in 1945. In 2022, his family was finally able to lay him to rest.

June’s family told 10 News of his passing away Wednesday morning.

Vladimir Putin had no victories in Ukraine to proclaim on Victory Day.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as a forced response to Western policies and a necessary move to ward off a potential aggression.

The Russian holiday of Victory Day brings out patriotic displays of flags, military parades and marches by veterans' groups celebrating the country's triumph over Nazi Germany in 1945.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he accepted an apology from Russian President Vladimir Putin for controversial remarks about the Holocaust made by Moscow’s top diplomat.

The invasion of Ukraine means fewer Russian tanks and other military hardware will rumble through Red Square on Monday, when the country marks its victory in World War II.

A single metal cross remains inside the Orthodox church of shattered brick and blackened stone.

The group will take veterans from our area to Washington D.C. free of charge.

Officials in Michigan have broken ground on one of the few state-specific World War II memorials in the country.

Seeking to counter fears over its new security alliance with China, the Solomon Islands says it won’t allow China to build a military base there.

The president of Poland has compared Russia’s attacks on Ukraine to Nazi forces during World War II.

As veterans of World War II get older and older, with most of them now in their late 80s and 90s, how will we preserve that legacy and keep their sacrifice alive?

Vladimir Putin has again painted his enemies in Ukraine as “neo-Nazis,” even though the country has a Jewish president who lost relatives in the Holocaust and who heads a Western-backed, democratically elected government.

The House has voted to award the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal.

Vladimir Putin told the world in the lead-up to its attacks on Ukraine that his operation aimed to “denazify” Ukraine.

A U.S. military pilot known as the “Candy Bomber” for his airdrops of sweets during the Berlin airlift after World War II ended has died.

Latvia’s parliament has passed a Holocaust restitution bill that includes funding to revitalize the Baltic nation’s Jewish community, which was almost completely wiped out during World War II.

A new exhibition opening this week at the Dutch national museum examines the violent birth of Indonesia after three centuries of colonial rule.

World War II veterans Ash Rothlein and Robert Mayne died this week.

The oldest World War II veteran in the United States has died at the age of 112.

A funeral service for former World War II veteran and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole is scheduled for Friday at approximately 11 a.m.

Pearl Harbor attack survivors gathered at the site of the bombing to remember more than 2,300 U.S. troops killed 80 years ago.

Pearl Harbor survivors and World War II veterans are gathering in Hawaii this week to remember those killed in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack.

A World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,” has died.

A World War II veteran from Alabama who survived COVID-19 will be honored on his 105th birthday with the French Legion of Honor in recognition of his service.

Volunteers can sign up to adopt a soldier, then receive their name, birth date, and hometown. You can write to your service member using custom stationery and have opportunities to send care packages overseas.

In honor of Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the families of Black veterans who fought on behalf of the nation during World War II for benefits they were denied or prevented from taking full advantage of when they returned home from war.