On December 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor, thousands of Americans rushed to enlist in the military, driven by a sense of duty and patriotism. For African Americans, however, the path to service ...

Plaques commemorating African American soldiers fighting against Nazi Germany in Europe have been removed from a U.S. military cemetery in the Netherlands. Approximately 1 million African American ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. - In 2020, the Department of Defense (DoD) commemorates the 75th Anniversary of World War II (WWII) by recognizing the contributions and sacrifices made by all Service ...

In the winter of 1944, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old then-1st Sgt. Jefferson Wiggins, along with hundreds of other Black soldiers, were tasked with ...

During World War II, the U.S. government incarcerated all West Coast Japanese Americans in internment camps. We ask how this forced displacement affected Japanese American enclaves. Using the recently ...

“Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine” traveling exhibition will be held at the Luzerne County Community College Library through March 8. The National Library of ...