Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

Tuskegee Airmen Detroit Chapter President Arthur Green, left, holds a P-51D model as Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., center, and ...

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Harold 'Hal' Todd Jr. served on the USS Lagarto (SS 371) during World War II and frequently wrote letters ... be home with my family and live a normal life. Honey beebee doll, I’m the happiest ...

Among the millions of World War II veterans were multiple future U.S. presidents. Some only narrowly survived the experience.

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But his wife’s sister-in-law sent a news tip to the Idaho Statesman that a World War II veteran was turning 100, and I couldn’t pass it up. I thought it would make a “good news” column, a nice ...

The fashion world pondered the future of the iconic shoe after learning that a presidential order might eliminate the penny.

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But the line is a fitting encapsulation of music historian Jon Savage’s argument in The Secret Public, a history of ...