World War II

Sugarcreek Township, Ohio, to honor D-Day veteran Jim 'Pee Wee' Martin with a new memorial, marking his heroism 81 years after he jumped into WWII with the 101st Airborne

May marks 80 years since the end of WWII in Europe. Around that time, US troops began returning home—many by ship, but some airmen flew. This is the story of one of them.

The passing of Hemingway is a poignant reminder of the earliest days of World War II and the struggle to stand in the way of Hitler and his plans to dominate Europe.

Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how to wage peace once the guns fell silent.

Charles Benning, a Black man from Yellow Springs, Ohio, dropped out of high school to join the army during WWII. He later participated in the D-Day invasion in France.

Since before World War II, the Dayton region has been a source of high-quality professional aviation communication arts, including photography, print designs, and more.

Alexander Starritt's novel "We Germans" is a letter written by a 90-year-old to his grandson, telling him about his experiences in World War II fighting for the Nazis.

The French pilot, writer, and illustrator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote "The Little Prince." He disappeared during a WWII reconnaissance flight over the Mediterranean Sea.

U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Dan W. Corson will be interred August 7 at Woodside Cemetery in Middletown. His plane was shot down over France during World War II.

Allied troops were about to invade Nazi-occupied Europe 80 years ago. That seaborne invasion on June 6, 1944, is known as D-Day, but the operation first began on the night of June 5 when airborne divisions were air-dropped behind enemy lines.

The U.S. Army Human Resource Command’s Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Division works to identify the remains of thousands of soldiers still lost in decades-old conflicts.

A U.S. Army Air Force Lieutenant from Dayton, Ohio was killed during a World War II bombing mission 80 years ago this week.