A riot broke out in downtown Uhrichsville on May 8, 1945, when a businessman would not close his store to celebrate the surrender of Nazi Germany. Windows on store fronts were broken out and the car ...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — Frank Riesinger is a WWII veteran who is 100 years old and lives in Broken Arrow. Riesinger had enlisted in the Army Air Corps in the 1940′s. Victory Over Japan Day or V-J Day is ...

A Navy veteran couple celebrated their romantic and patriotic 80th wedding anniversary on the same day World War II ended in 1945, marking a milestone both personal and historic. Ray Williams, 101, ...

FILE - Pfc. Clarence K. Ayers of Evansville, Ind., reads the news of V-E Day as newly arrived German prisoners stand of a New York City pier, May 8, 1945. (AP Photo/John Rooney, File) John Rooney / AP ...

Words spoken by Winston Churchill: “the signal for the greatest outburst of joy in the history of mankind” and “Weary and worn, impoverished but undaunted and now triumphant, we had a moment that was ...

“It was the end of the greatest war in the 5,000-year recorded history of mankind. Every continent was involved except Antarctica. And that is why I continue to organize every year,” said Riesinger.