Unsung Heroes of World War II

855 Black women of the 6888th Postal Battalion delivered mail in WWII, breaking racial and gender barriers in the military.

During WWII, Josephine Baker used her fame to spy for the French Resistance, later becoming a Civil Rights leader.

In 1945, 80 nurses from the 116th and 127th evacuation hospitals entered liberated Dachau and built a makeshift hospital for survivors.

In honor of Veterans Day, survivors of the 1941 Pearl Harbor attacks share their insight on war, sacrifice and remembering their comrades.

Some of the brightest American minds were called to work on the Manhattan Project, including a number of Black scientists and engineers.

The War Department considered coffee an essential element of the troops' diet. In 1942, coffee became so critical to the war efforts that Americans back home rationed coffee to preserve stocks for the soldiers.