The Red Tails’ most significant mission was the escort of B-17 bombers on a bombing run over Berlin in March 1945. They flew ...

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

Derek Anderson shared multiple pictures of Hitler with captions like "In your heart you know he's right" and "My heart goes out to you..." ...

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen, has died ...

Private organizations like the Salvation Army and the American Red Cross stepped up to provide ... with the United States on the brink of entering World War II, President Franklin D.

Harry Stewart, Jr., one of World War II’s few remaining members of the ... of the 332nd Fighter Group — known famously as the “Red Tails” for their plane’s distinctive coloring ...

Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...

Thirty-three hostages are set to be released in the ceasefire's first phase. Many residents of northern Gaza and southern Lebanon are expected to return to their homes in the coming days and weeks ...

After decades of discrimination, Vernon Baker was finally recognized for his heroism during an assault on a German stronghold during WWII.

Vernon Baker is among the seven Black American ... Cross. In 1996, he learned that his wartime record was being reevaluated, and on Jan. 13, 1997, he was among seven Black Americans to have their ...

VOLUNTEERS FROM SARANAC LAKE, KEENE VALLEY, AU SABLE FORKS, JAY, BLOOMINGDALE, AND OTHE The Northeastern New York Chapter of the American Red Cross aided nine people from five households on ...

The Red Cross voiced alarm Tuesday over the risk that fighting in the besieged DR Congo city of Goma could cause samples of Ebola and other pathogens held in a laboratory to escape. The ...