To protect their retreat, two volunteers were sought to set up a machine gun position at the far end of a bridge. They gave ...

"Biba veterans!” That cheer was on the lips of hundreds gathered at the Governor Joseph Flores Memorial Park at Ypao Beach ...

Bernard Calvi's remains were positively identified in September, more than 82 years after he died as a prisoner of war. He's among hundreds of POWs at Cabatatuan whose remains could ...

When I got through those years, I had a list of 70 local young men killed in WWII. The number was overwhelming to me, as Chico was a town of only 21,000. Many later appeared on my list of top ...

Military service is a family tradition for Gina Stockton DelPiero, Lee DelPiero and their son, Ken DelPiero. “Everyone ...

There are some things a man never forgets, even if — like Valdemar DeHerrera — he lives to be a 105. Things such as surviving on grasshoppers and monkey meat, working hard and being beaten if you ...

These men, their capture and the fate of what became the “Lost Battalion” became one of the most harrowing stories of Texas troops during World War II.