Robert Clary, last of the "Hogan's Heroes" stars, dies at 96
The French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II died of natural causes at his home in the Los Angeles area.
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Remains of U.S. soldier killed in World War II ambush identified
Francis Martin, 25, was killed in France in January 1945, authorities said.
Lithuania and World War II
“One of the worst slaughters during the Holocaust. Some 90% to 95% of the Jewish population of Lithuania was murdered brutally, cruelly, sadistically,” YIVO’s Jonathan Brent tells Jon Wertheim.
The Paper Brigade: Rescuing cultural artifacts during and after WWII
A group of writers and intellectuals living in what is now Vilnius, Lithuania, risked their lives to save Jewish culture and history.
6 killed in collision between World War II airplanes at Dallas air show
All six people who were onboard the two planes at the time of the crash were killed, a county official said.
Newly discovered photos show horror of Nazi's Kristallnacht up close
The violence of the pogrom exactly 84 years ago is widely considered a starting point for the Holocaust, in which 6 million Jews were murdered.
Radioactive waste found at Missouri school
A recent report found significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in Missouri where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II. Schools in the area are switching to virtual as parents are outraged. Adriana Diaz reports.
World War II "ghost boat" emerges in drought-stricken lake
The "ghost boat" was salvaged and somehow ended up at the bottom of California's largest reservoir.
After decades-long "unsolved mystery," Pearl Harbor sailor to be laid to rest
The service at Arlington will be the latest chapter in the story of a 21-year-old man from the small northern Illinois town of Grayslake.
America's failures in response to the Holocaust
A new PBS documentary series by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, "The U.S. and the Holocaust," examines how United States policy was not always an open door for Jews in Europe who sought to flee Nazi persecution before and during World War II.
Poland to demand $1.3 trillion in WWII reparations from Germany
Berlin considers the matter closed, but Poland says negotiations on reparations will be a "long and not an easy path," but "will bring success."
4 families say they're still suffering seizures, sue over Navy fuel-tainted Hawaii tap water
Four families have filed a lawsuit, saying the Navy "harbored toxic secrets" when jet fuel contaminated drinking water for 93,000 military members and civilians in Hawaii.
Dozens of sunken WWII ships resurface in drought-stricken river
Photos from a stretch of the river near Prahovo, Serbia, show enormous vessels, some of which contain explosives, protruding from the water.
World War II bomb found in drought-stricken Italian river
The River Po has been running dry as it faces its worst drought in 70 years.
History obsession leads to unlikely friendship between twins and WWII vet
"We don't know about how we've changed his life," one of the twins said, "but we know that he obviously changed ours."
Ashes of 8,000 Nazi victims found in two mass graves in Poland
Investigators say the Nazis tried to hide the executions by incinerating the bodies and planting trees on the burial pits.
Biden arrives in Israel for start of first Middle East trip
The president begins the visit with a three-day stop in Israel, where officials say Iran's quickly evolving nuclear program is at the top of their agenda.
102-year-old's courageous past revealed
David Begnaud tells how one woman's scroll through social media helped reveal the courageous story of her 102-year-old grandmother, who was one of the last surviving members of an all-female and all-Black segregated World War II unit.
In surprise phone call, Jill Biden thanks WWII veteran for her service
Crescencia Garcia is one of only six surviving members of an all-female, all-Black, segregated unit that was sent overseas during WWII.
U.S. Army Air Forces pilot killed on D-Day laid to rest in Normandy 78 years later
Lt. William J. McGowan's P-47 Thunderbolt was shot down over France's Moon-sur-Elle on June 6, 1944.
Airman killed on D-Day buried 78 years later
A U.S. Air Force lieutenant who was killed when his plane was shot down over France on D-Day was finally buried in Normandy, nearly 80 years later.
Last WWII Medal of Honor recipient to lie in honor at U.S. Capitol
Williams, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer and the last living medal of honor recipient from World War II, died Wednesday at 98 years old.
7/3/2022: 60 Minutes Presents - The Ritchie Boys
The full story of a secret U.S. WWII military intelligence unit bolstered by German-born Jews.
The full story of the Ritchie Boys
The Ritchie Boys were responsible for gathering more than half the actionable intelligence on the battlefield during World War II. For the many German-born Jews in their ranks, defeating the Nazis was heartbreakingly personal. Jon Wertheim reports.
Ritchie Boy Guy Stern's WWII mementos, a collection that helped win the war
At 99, Guy Stern is one of the last living Ritchie Boys and showed 60 Minutes some of the honors and mementos from his decorated military career.
Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers make final pitch to Michigan voters
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