The state funeral of Queen Victoria of Great Britain was held on 1901. A little over a decade later, the plush Grand Central ...
On May 7, 1945, at Rheims, France, the German High Command instructed its officers to sign an unconditional surrender to the ... estimated deaths of 15 million soldiers and 38 million civilians ...
After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold ...
Baker covered the retreat in two increments, but in the process, a soldier was wounded and their ... Bronze Star and Purple Heart. After the German surrender, Baker did occupation duty in Italy ...
West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...
After the war, President Harry Truman desegregated the armed forces in 1948, and as Black and Brown Americans claimed their ...