Charles Shay, who saved lives on D-Day as a teen medic, dies at 101

D-Day veteran Charles Shay was awarded the Silver Star for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded soldiers to relative safety.

• Dec 3

The Nuremberg Prosecutor | 60 Minutes Archive

This week marks 80 years since the beginning of the Nuremberg trials. In 2017, Lesley Stahl first spoke to Ben Ferencz, who at the time was the last living Nuremberg prosecutor. Ferencz, who prosecuted Nazis for genocide and spent his life trying to deter war and war crimes, died in 2023 at the age of 103.

• Nov 20
• 13:48

Hitler likely had syndrome that can affect genitals, documentary claims

Researchers behind the "Hitler's DNA" documentary say the Nazi dictator likely had Kallmann Syndrome, a rare genetic condition which can cause undescended testicles and a micropenis.

• Nov 13

How WWII battleship was saved from becoming scrap

After years of service to the nation, the Battleship North Carolina was about to fade quietly into history -- until school children came to the rescue. Mark Strassmann has the story.

• Nov 11
• 02:59

Book excerpt: "The Wounded Generation" by David Nasaw

The historian examines how service members returning home from World War II were changed in ways undiagnosed and untreated, to a nation that had also changed following years of war.

• Nov 9

"The Wounded Generation": Bearing the invisible scars of war

When the "Greatest Generation" returned home from World War II, many veterans had suffered psychic wounds not diagnosed or understood at the time to be PTSD. A new book examines the traumas that they - and other returning war veterans - have faced.

• Nov 9

2 men injured by blast as they played with WWII artillery shell

Two Polish men in their 60s seem to have learned the hard way that handling old WWII shells while intoxicated can have consequences.

• Oct 24

Remains of U.S. sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack identified

U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Edward D. Bowden was aboard the USS California when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, military officials said.

• Oct 2

3-year-old finds live WWII grenade in front yard of home in Washington state

A young boy discovered a live World War II-era hand grenade Monday on his family's property in central Washington, authorities said. No one was injured.

• Oct 1

George Hardy, one of the last original Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100

Lt. Col. George Hardy enlisted in the Air Force in 1944 and was the youngest Red Tail fighter pilot to fly a combat sortie over Europe.

• Sep 27

Sub discovers unexploded Nazi bombs teeming with marine life

The study's author said "there is some irony" in the discovery that these "things that are meant to kill everything are now attracting so much life."

• Sep 26

American WWII bomb found buried in Hong Kong, thousands evacuated

Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes after a 1,000-pound bomb was discovered by construction workers on the west side of Hong Kong island.

• Sep 20

5/19/2024: Pope Francis; Cuban Spycraft; The Album

First, Pope Francis: The 60 Minutes Interview. Then, a report on the Americans spying for Cuba in the United States. And, a look at a play based on Nazi’s photo album from Auschwitz

• May 19, 2024
• 43:14

Sailor killed on the day WWII officially ended is accounted for

U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign Eugene E. Mandeberg, 23, of Detroit, was a member of Fighting Squadron 88 during World War II.

• Sep 16

500-pound World War II bomb found in Slovakia's capital

An oil refinery located in the area was a target of the Allied bombardment during the war.

• Sep 9

Japanese internment camp survivor reflects on the painful history of Heart Mountain

Sam Mihara was 9 years old when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Eight months later, the government uprooted his family from San Francisco and forced them to move into prison barracks at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in rural Wyoming.

• Sep 4

Man shares why his internment camp story endures

Few people willingly return to their old prison, but 92-year-old Sam Mihara did. He doesn't want people to forget what happened at Heart Mountain, a Japanese internment camp in Wyoming. Ian Lee reports.

• Sep 4
• 02:38

Remains of WWII sailor killed on ship that hit underwater mine identified

U.S. Navy Reserve Seaman 2nd Class Jerome M. Mullaney, 18, was assigned to the destroyer USS Glennon in the summer of 1944.

• Sep 3

At least 18 WWII-era weapons explode as wildfire chars U.K. countryside

Crews battling a wildfire in the North Yorkshire countryside face the added risk of hidden WWII-era bombs and tank shells, 18 of which have already exploded.

• Aug 28

Bones found at site in Japan where forced laborers died in WWII

In February 1942, part of the ceiling of a mine shaft collapsed, flooding the mine and killing the 183 workers inside.

• Aug 27

WWII veteran fulfills decades-old contract, conducts band on his 100th birthday

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Arnald Gabriel, now 100, was once the conductor of the U.S. Air Force Band. Under his leadership, it became internationally renowned.

• Aug 15

Victims' families remember Nazi ship sunk with prisoners on board

The Cap Arcona, a Nazi ship, was attacked by British Royal Air Force planes near the end of World War II. Thousands of prisoners died as the ship sank in the horrific and little-known disaster.

• Aug 10

The sinking of the Cap Arcona Nazi ship

The Cap Arcona, a Nazi ship, was attacked by British Royal Air Force planes near the end of World War II. Thousands of prisoners died as the ship sank in the horrific and little-known disaster.

• Aug 10
• 25:35

Filmmakers, SF Japantown museum reflect on 80-years since first Atomic Bomb

This summer, the NJAHS resurrected an exhibit from 30 years ago to remember the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs that the United States dropped on Japan on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945.

• Aug 8

80 years since the Hiroshima atomic bomb

Hiroshima, Japan, is marking 80 years since the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city during World War II. Anna Coren has more.

• Aug 6
• 02:17

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