HOLLYWOOD -- Idris Elba has a strong connection to World War II. His grandfather fought in the war before relocating from Kansas City to West Africa. Stories like this intrigued the actor and producer ...

World War II stories that were shared with South Dakota Public Broadcasting in 2001. World War II stories that were shared with South Dakota Public Broadcasting in 2001.

The story-led exhibit explores the lives of people during the war, including Walter Thompson (R) who later became editor of the Whitehaven News [The Beacon] Powerful stories of Cumbrian people who ...

Note: This post contains mentions of suicide. My Grandpa Russ was an Air Force pilot during World War II, but like many men of that generation, he rarely talked about what he saw. Recently, my dad and ...

The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center and the graduate-level film and media program at Johns Hopkins Advanced Academic Programs will present the Oscar-nominated documentary Porcelain War as ...

“I wanted to be a hero,” Bill Broyles recalled in a recent interview about why he volunteered to go to Vietnam. These days, Broyles is best known for creating “China Beach,” co-writing “Apollo 13” and ...

“War does not determine who is right—only who is left,” someone once said. War reshapes lives, leaving stories of courage, loss, and survival. Filmmakers have made countless great war movies — but ...

Eighty years since World War 2, we are still uncovering new lessons, and some of these stretch beyond the battlefield. Here are stories of brave botanists trying to safeguard the world’s first seed ...