World War II

A 600-pound bronze statue of a Tuskegee airman has been found after it was stolen from a city park, Detroit police said Friday. The statue of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson was reported missing Wednesday evening from Rouge Park on Detroit's far west side, police said.

The USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park is doing more than remembering World War II—they are bringing history to life.

A new book out is gathering lots of interest in South Alabama. It’s by a 91-year-old woman who tells the stories of a difficult childhood in Fairhope. APR visits with the writer as she retraces steps from her long life.

A team of divers have been trolling the deep, cold waters of Lake Huron off Michigan's Thumb for several weeks each of the past few years searching for scattered pieces of aviation — and Black military — history. Their target is the wreckage of a World War II-era fighter plane flown by a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen that crashed during training nearly 80 years ago near Port Huron, about 60 miles northeast of Detroit.

Raymond Cassagnol, a Haitian pilot and a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the famed group of Black military aviators during World War II, has died. He was 102. Cassagnol died June 24 at his home in Florida, according his daughter, Dominique Cassagnol Ballacchino.

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American pilots to participate in the U.S. military. The flyers were involved in an important air battle on June 9, 1943.

McGee went on to fly combat missions in World War II as well as the Korean and Vietnam wars.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Filled with paratroopers, a U.S. warplane lumbered down an English runway in 1944 to spearhead the World War II D-Day invasion…

“Undefeated: From Basketball to Battle: West Point’s Perfect Season 1944”Author: Jim Noles Publisher: Casemate BooksPages: 272Price: $29.95…

“The Allies: Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II”Author: Winston Groom Publisher: National GeographicPages:…