Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a critical supply line that helped defeat Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.

In large part, industry won World War II. As the United States converted to a total war economy, it banned the sale of new cars and switched its efforts to building the tools to win the war. Not only ...

Donald McPherson, a World War II Navy aviator believed to be the last surviving American fighter ace, has died. He was 103. To be an ace, a pilot must have shot down at least five enemy aircraft.

Donald McPherson, believed to be the last surviving American World War II Navy fighter ace, has died at 103. He served as a naval aviator with VF-83 on the USS Essex in the Pacific Theater, achieving ...