world war 2

Tony Oliveira, a World War II veteran from New Bedford and 44-year railroad employee, was laid to rest today – exactly 100 years after the day he was born.

Who has the right to write history? And what is our responsibility once we know the truth?

About 2,500 people gathered at Pearl Harbor to remember those killed in the 1941 Japanese attack that launched the U.S. into World War II. The crowd observed a moment of silence at 7:55am, the minute the bombing began 72 years ago. A vintage World War II-era airplane, a 1944 North American SNJ-5B, flew overhead to break the silence...

Ninety-four-year-old Michael Karkoc has spent six decades living in America. Recently, the Associated Press discovered that, prior to illegally entering the country in 1949, he was a leader in a World War II group that committed war crimes including the massacres of women and children.