WwII News

Blackpool - The Armistice Day funeral of a WWII veteran with no close family is expected to attract a large turnout after appeals to attend his funeral and give him a good send off were shared on social networking sites.

In ‘Canopy,’ an Australian fighter pilot is shot down over Singapore during WWII and unites with a Chinese soldier to survive.

Do you enjoy watching DVDs of TV shows from the '50s and '60s? Image Entertainment has issued stellar seasons of Combat! and The Twilight Zone you'll want to add to your collection.

A World War II-era mine was found partially buried in the waters off a New Jersey beach earlier this week. An explosives team cleared the area and detonated the old ordnance.

London - A Dornier DO-17 German bomber from WWII has been salvaged from the English Channel, initially discovered in 2008 by divers.

Bethesda - Senator Daniel Inouye, Pearl Harbor survivor, Medal of Honor recipient and member of the "Greatest Generation", has passed away at the age of 88.

Waukegan - A World War II fighter plane has been pulled from the bottom of Lake Michigan. Now that the relic has been extracted, it is hoped the plane will go on public display in Chicago.

The coded message found attached to the remains of a "spy pigeon" has left British intelligence agency decoders stumped.

Bentonville - Vietnam veteran Senator John McCain was in Northwest Arkansas to deliver remarks at an event honoring past and present members of the United States military.

Sendai - A major airport in Japan closed today after construction workers found what is believed to be a WWII-era bomb that had not been detonated.