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Joe Johnson Jr. ran away from home at the age of 12, hopping a freight train at the height of the Great Depression. He managed to talk his way into the U.S. Army two years later.

These are the women of World War II who served in and out of uniform. The heroes of the Greatest Generation that you hardly ever hear about.

This is the story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero.

Sifting through newspaper articles, government records, and private letters and diaries--many never before published--Cokie Roberts brings war-torn Washington, DC, into focus through the lives of i

A fascinating examination of the international politics, pressures and personalities behind one of the most controversial decisions in Canadian history, the mothballing of the incredibly sophistica

On May 19, 1942, the Downs family, passengers on the freighter Heredia were unaware that two German torpedoes were heading their way.

On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean.

It's up, up, and away with the Tuskegee Airmen, a heroic group of African American military pilots who helped the United States win World War II .

The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible “ Aviation buffs will cheer this high-flying sa

An extraordinary true account of the enormous tragedy of the Syrian civil conflict.

A thrilling, vivid, and highly detailed account of the epic siege during one of World War II's most important battles, told by the brilliant British editor-turned-historian and author of Check

"We are so superior to the Mexicans in race, in organization, in discipline, in morality and in elevation of feeling, that I beg your Excellency to be so good as to inform the emperor that I a

The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man's haunting journey.

Halifax women won the Second World War--but not in the ways you might have been told.

From decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around badass, Tim Kennedy, a rollicking, inspirational memoir offering lessons in how to embrace failure and weather storms, in order to u