World War II

Who betrayed Anne Frank? Cold case investigation …

A journalist takes images of pictures of Anne Frank at the renovated Anne Frank House Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years may have solved one of World War II's enduring mysteries: Who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family ? Their answer, outlined in a new book, is that it most likely was a Jewish lawyer called Arnold van den Bergh. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

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Oldest U.S. veteran of World War II dies at 112

World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks holds a photo of him taken in 1943, as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, on Sept. 12, 2019. Brooks, the oldest World War II veteran in the U.S. — and believed to be the oldest man in the country — died on Wednesday, Jan. 5, ,2022 at the age of 112. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Last ‘Band of Brothers’ officer dies at 99

Edward Shames, center, hugs Ed McClung, center left, both members of the World War II Army Company E of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne, with veterans Jack Foley, left, Joe Lesniewski, right, and Shifty Powers, far right, at the Library of Congress in Washington, on July 16, 2003. Shames, who was the last surviving officer of “Easy Company,” which inspired the HBO miniseries and book “Band of Brothers,” has died at age 99. An obituary posted by the Holomon-Brown Funeral Home & Crematory said Shames, of Norfolk, Va., died peacefully at his home on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Trial gets underway in Germany for 100-year-old former …

The accused Josef S. covers his face as he sits at the court room in Brandenburg, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Former Nazi camp secretary, 96, caught after skipping …

The seat of the accused is empty at the courtroom prior to a trial against a 96-year-old former secretary for the SS commander of the Stutthof concentration camp at the court in Itzehoe, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

World War II veteran receives medals in NorCal ceremony …

In this Feb. 22, 2021 photo, Sgt. 1st Class Marvin D. Cornett poses for a photo, in in Auburn, Calif. Cornett was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal during a ceremony. Cornett was assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Abn. Div. when he made the combat jump into Salerno, Italy and was later wounded during combat operations along the Mussolini Canal at the Anzio beachhead on Dec. 31, 1944. (U.S. Army via AP)

Ted Lumpkin, lifelong Angeleno and member of famed Tuskegee …

Theodore “Ted” Lumpkin Jr. is photographed in 2008. (Los Angeles Times)

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Pearl Harbor Day: U.S. service members killed in …

The USS Arizona Memorial is seen ahead of a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Officials gathered in Pearl Harbor to remember those killed in the 1941 Japanese attack, but public health measures adopted because of the coronavirus pandemic meant no survivors were present. The military broadcast video of the ceremony live online for survivors and members of the public to watch from afar. A moment of silence was held at 7:55 a.m., the same time the attack began 79 years ago. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, Pool)

93-year-old ex-concentration camp guard convicted …

Bruno D., 93, arrived for the first day of his trial for his role as a guard at the World War II Nazi Stutthof concentration camp on Oct. 17, 2019, in Hamburg, Germany. (Chris Emil Janßen-Pool/Getty Images)

Normandy sees more subdued D-Day observance amid …

Two roses and two US flags are pictured on Omaha beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, on June 5, 2019, on the sidelines of the D-Day commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. (JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Stratton, One of Last Three Remaining Survivors …

U.S.S. Arizona survivor Donald Stratton stands in front of the remembrance wall in the shrine room the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial during a memorial service for the 73rd anniversary of the attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl harbor on the island of Oahu at the Pacific National Monument on December 07, 2014 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (Credit: Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Police Find 106-Year-Old Veteran’s Classic Car, a …

Aircraft Carrier to Be Named for WWII Hero Doris …

Sailor Doris Miller is seen in a photo from the U.S. Navy.

78 Years Ago Today: More Than 2000 Gather to Remember …

Master of Ceremonies, Chief of Interpretation Jason Blount Pearl Harbor National Memorial gives the Welcome as Pearl Harbor Commemorates the 78th Anniversary Of World War II Attacks as Pearl Harbor Commemorates the 78th Anniversary Of World War II Attacks at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial on December 7, 2019 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Credit: Kat Wade/Getty Images)