RAHWAY -- On March 31, 1945, the U.S.S. LST-686, a landing ship, pulled into Keise Shima, a handful of small islets a few miles off the coast of Okinawa. William Mele was 19 and had been on the USS ...

FRAMINGHAM – As he peers at a framed photo of the vessel on which he served during the invasion of Iwo Jima, tears well up in the eyes of Stanley Berman and trickle down his cheek. In the distance of ...

Louis Joseph “Jerry” Spengler didn’t talk much about his war, but decades later ended up writing a lot about it. That’s the saving grace of this story. As he turned 100 on Monday surrounded by family, ...

BIT. YEAH, THEY’RE AMAZING. I MEAN, WE CALL THEM THE GREATEST GENERATION. MICHAEL KRAUSS IS THE CURATOR AND HISTORIAN AT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL AND MUSEUM. HE SAYS THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ...