Smithsonian Magazine

National Treasure: Audie Murphy, The World War II Hero Who Became Hollywood’s Leading Man

Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, earning every major U.S. military honor ...
Task & Purpose

‘Lucky’ Luckadoo, last original pilot of World War II’s ‘Bloody Hundredth’ dies at 103

Maj. John "Lucky" Luckadoo flew 25 bombing missions over Europe during the war, surviving some of the most intense air battles of the war. He became an advocate for the 100th Bomb Group's history. By ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

World War II hero, one of last Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100 at Sarasota home

World War II hero Lt. Col. George Hardy, the youngest of the Tuskegee Airmen pilots who fought during the war and helped pave the way for the integration of the armed forces, has died at his Sarasota ...