The history of using radar imaging in weather prediction tracks back to World War II. Radar development had been occurring prior to the start of the war, but global powers recognized an immediate need ...

The M1 Garand established semi-automatic rifles as the infantry standard and shaped modern assault doctrine. The StG 44 created the blueprint for modern assault rifles with its intermediate-caliber ...

In the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, a group of young Hawaiian women — and military wives who refused ...

Radar was a game-changing technology in WWII and Germany fell behind when it mattered most. This video dives into how the Allies outpaced the Third Reich in radar development, deployment, and ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- During Boy Scout outings in the 1960s at McDowell Grove Forest Preserve in Naperville, Tom Atkinson used to play on concrete ruins in the heart of the woods. As a youngster, it was ...

EAST TAWAS, MI -- Jutting out between Tawas Bay and Lake Huron, Tawas Point is ever evolving as the shoreline ebbs and flows with lake levels. Nearly a mile back from the shoreline, though, stands a ...

GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Clarence Schipper has a story to tell. He's written it down and shared it with his family. A centenarian, a World War II veteran, and one of the last surviving members of ...

On Tuesday, the Pentagon confirmed that the remains of Sgt. Irvin Ellingson, a WWII radar observer from Dahlen who was shot down over Tokyo in 1945, will be laid to rest in his hometown. Sgt. Irvin ...