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Watch the Incredible True Story of a WWII Fighter Pilot Over New Guinea

In 1944, RAAF pilot Jim Mitchell took to the skies over Dutch New Guinea - one of the most dangerous theaters of World War II ...

WWII hero laid to rest after remaining unidentified for nearly 80 years

Nicholas Hartman was 20 when he died on D-Day during WWII. This summer, nearly 80 years after his death, he was finally ...

A pilot went down in Vietnam to protect secrets. Will he get the Medal of Honor?

Maj. Robert Lodge had extensive knowledge of a classified system that gave American fighters an advantage over North ...

Here’s Every ‘Lone Ranger’ Actor Since 1933: See the Faces Behind the Masked Hero

Long before superheroes filled the multiplex, America already had its own masked champion riding across the airwaves and into ...