Kolesnik, originally from Winchester, Massachusetts, enlisted in the Navy at 18 years old and served as a fireman second class during World War II. He was honorably discharged and later awarded ...

I like the life of a fireman,” boasted Jack Corbett, London’s oldest surviving fireman at one hundred and two years old. Based at Clerkenwell Fire Station for the duration of World War II, Jack and ...

The Blitz was Nazi Germany's sustained aerial bombing campaign against Britain in World War Two. The raids killed ... (Getty Images) Firemen who fought the Second Great Fire of London recall ...