For a new generation of Marines, 9/11 is history
For many Americans, 9/11 is now simply a date to mark, much like December 7th and the Pearl Harbor attacks. Even the military war colleges are moving on.
Pearl Harbor
'Trying To Prove Something:' A WWII Vet Remembers His All-Black Battalion
On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Robert Madison, a 97-year-old World War II veteran, recalls his time in battle. He fought in the then-segregated Army as an intelligence officer.
A Military 1st: A Supercarrier Is Named After An African American Sailor
USS Doris Miller will honor a Black Pearl Harbor hero and key figure in the rise of the civil rights movement. Miller, a sharecropper's son from Waco, Texas, was 22 years old when he created history.
U.S. Navy To Name Aircraft Carrier After WWII Hero Doris Miller
Miller was a mess attendant on the West Virginia when he jumped in to man a machine gun during the Pearl Harbor attack. He is the first African American to have an aircraft carrier named after him.
Pearl Harbor Veteran Expected To Be Last USS Arizona Survivor Interred On Ship
Lauren Bruner died in September and on Saturday, his remains will return to the USS Arizona. He is expected to be the final USS Arizona survivor to be interred on the sunken warship.
Sailor Kills 2, Wounds 1 Before Taking Own Life At Hawaii's Pearl Harbor Base
The U.S. Navy says the gunman was assigned to a nuclear-powered attack submarine currently in port. No motive has been identified.
This Week In Race: Census Worries, Yellowface And Kendall Jenner. Again.
In this edition: posers, pretenders and passers.
At Pearl Harbor, Obama And Japan's Leader Tout Reconciliation
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Obama stood side-by-side at the site of the 1941 attack. Both leaders memorialized the dead and spoke strongly of the relationship between the two nations.
Diver's Ambassador Life Showed Bigotry Is Never Far From The Surface
Years after Pearl Harbor and decades before a proposed "Muslim registry," Sammy Lee tried to "prove that in America, I could do anything." America hasn't always been convinced.