Schab was a sailor of just 21 at the time of the attack, and for decades he rarely spoke about the experience.

A few months after the attack on Pearl Harbor thrust the United States into World War II, a little girl was walking to school in northwest Washington, D.C. when she found a baby squirrel that had ...

Happy Friday! This week’s Radio Ink Blast From The Past features American pop culture icon Dick Van Dyke on the eve of his ...

Millions of women joined the workforce to help out with the war effort. In the process, they changed women’s roles in society ...

Eighty-five veterans who were incorrectly denied their war medals have been confirmed eligible by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), resulting in an outpouring of pride from their decedents.

The Palace of Versailles will investigate the origins of a Jacques-Louis David sketchbook that was found to have been looted ...

But the festive headlines were wiped clean on Dec. 7, when a surprise attack by the Empire of Japan’s air fleet struck the ...

Today, the world celebrates a true legend: Dick Van Dyke turns 100. Few performers have left as indelible a mark on ...

Fresh Air's book critic says her picks tilt a bit to nonfiction, but the novels that made the cut redress the imbalance by ...

As the only president elected to four terms and who saw the country through two of its greatest cataclysms — the Great ...

A veteran of the Fluxus art movement, he brought an anarchic spirit to the California acid-rock scene with his band, the ...

When the Berlin Wall went up overnight, National Geographic correspondents were on hand to document a city that became a ...