More than 20,000 residents evacuated a German city after three U.S. WWII bombs were discovered in Cologne, requiring hours of careful diffusion work before people could return to their homes.

06/04/2025 June 4, 2025. Buildings across the center of the western city of Cologne were evacuated after the discovery of three World War II bombs. Some 20,000 people had been under evacuation orders.

Lee Chisholm Colodzin of Bolinas holds her uncle's Purple Heart after being presented with it by Novato VFW member James Stein in Novato, Calif. on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Robert Ryan, a WWII vet, traded class ring for sardines. Students honor his sacrifice. Experience the heartwarming ceremony.

Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved landing ...

UP to 20,000 people have been forced to evacuate a historic German city after three unexploded WW2 bombs were found. Large parts of Cologne’s city centre, including hospitals, care … ...

Happy 100th Birthday, Betty Hooper! The longtime Gallatin resident grew up in Hawaii, survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and monitored air traffic radar during World War II.

World War II veteran Lt. Thomas Kelly was finally laid to rest in his hometown of Livermore on Memorial Day, 81 years after he was deployed. In March 1944, Lt. Kelly's plane was shot down in Papua ...

Mike Kellner has spent 40 years restoring a 75-foot long B-17 war bird, a piece of history, found in a junkyard in Maine, and is now ready to fly it, honoring the stories of the 50,000 U.S. airmen … ...

The Red Arrows have flown over Dorset to mark the deaths of six Canadian airmen shot down by accident during World War Two. They passed over Sturminster Common on Saturday to commemorate those ...

This 1943 photo shows 10 of the 11 members of the crew of the World War II B-24 bomber, Heaven Can Wait, that went down in the waters of Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea in 1944, including Staff Sgt ...