... The picture in question, made by LIFE’s Carl Mydans on Jan. 9, 1945, shows MacArthur striding ashore onto the beach at Lingayen, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. That Mydans’ photograph does not capture the return to the Philippines—the return that MacArthur promised in his single...read more

Imperial War Museum appeals for help with a new web project seeking to tell the history of American Air personnel in England during World War Two.

An ambitious crowd sourcing project that records the stories of men and women of the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) who served in England during...read more

Britain would like to say ‘Thank you’ to Canada. Thank you for sending the historic Lancaster bomber that has toured the country so successfully over the summer. Thank you for reminding Britons of the sacrifices Canadian air crews endured as they made their flights into conflict during the...read more

Workers hoist and lock together pieces of "Unconditional Surrender," an 8-meter (25-foot) cast-bronze sculpture in color of a sailor and a nurse in lip-locked embrace, outside the Caen Memorial in Normandy, France, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. The sculpture by Seward Johnson is based on a U.S. Navy...read more