Pfc. Duane Tunnyhill of Omaha was ready to die with his fellow Marines at Iwo Jima. He survived and lived another 80 years to become the last man ...

From left, Leroy Hanson, Joseph "Pep" Vocelka and Duane Tunnyhill, Omaha survivors of the World War II battle of Iwo Jima, ...

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

A 37-year-old man is accused of causing an explosive apartment fire in Omaha that displaced 14 people, Omaha police confirmed ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the ...

The Rapido River Crossing of late January 1944 was carried out to help support the Anzio Landings but it would turn into a massacre for the men of the US 36th Infantry Division. With large numbers of ...

Bob Harrell from Vivian died Jan. 5 at 102. Harrell was one of the young men who helped win World War II on the Liberty Ship.

We recently lost another hero. Bob Harrell from Vivian passed away on January 5th at 102 years old. Harrell was one of the ...

"We believe that we can teach empathy, understanding, and to teach people to be upstanders, not bystanders," said the director of the Institute for Holocaust Education.

Jim Mardin was about to dig into a heaping slice of cake at his 103rd birthday party when a voice shouted out for him to stop. "Everybody come on! We've got to sing happy birthday," Mardin's friend ...

Not only was a recent Flag Retreat an honor for U.S. Army Col. William “Bill” Connelly, it added a little extra magic to his ...

A Quilt of Valor was presented Monday afternoon to 97-year-old Andy Bolin at Grand Island’s Veterans Administration Medical Center. At left is Wilma Von Seggern of Minden, representing the Quilts of ...