Sunday marks 73 years. It's been 73 years since forces of the Imperial Japanese Army launched a brutal surprise attack on the American Naval base Pearl Harbor, killing more than 2,500, uniting the nation behind its entrance into World War II and spurring many local men and women to trade their...read more

World War II veteran James Brown still remembers the moment he learned about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

He was selling ice cream at a confectionery shop in Oklahoma City. He also remembers hearing Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous speech about the bombing and how it was a "...read more

You remember the good times, not the bad, says Arthur Inkpen. "You always look back on the good times you had," Shoal Harbour resident and Second World War veteran Arthur Inkpen recently told The Packet about his years of service.

Arthur Inkpen of the 59th Newfoundland Heavy Regiment...read more

At the national memorial in Washington, D.C., the fallen heroes of World War II are represented by a field of 4,048 gold stars – one star for each 100 warriors lost, or nearly half a million Americans.

Their surviving brothers and sisters in arms, more than 15 million strong, returned to...read more