World War II

Coach, talk us through this.

The Buffalo Bisons are signing a 100-year-old, World War II veteran to a one-day contract.

Rosie the Riveter is perhaps the most iconic image of working women, representing independence, especially during World War II. Everyone knows who she is, but what about the Rosies of Western New York?

There’s a good chance you’ve never heard the name George Mendonsa before…and even if you have, there’s a chance you don’t remember why. But he should be remembered.

It's a phrase that was used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in one of the most famous speeches in American history.  It's his address to Congress asking them to declare war on the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Officially it was known as Operation Overlord – we know it as D-Day. It’s the largest military assault from the sea in history. It’s the day 176,000 American, British and Canadian troops began storming the beaches of Normandy, France to begin the liberation of Western Europe from the control of Nazi Germany.

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They were known as a "flying fortress." They were the major workhorse for the U.S. Air Force in bombing raids over Germany during World War II. Of the nearly 13,000 B-17s produced, only 13 are still flying, and one of them is in Buffalo this week.

It was just 8 days after his inauguration that President Franklin Roosevelt gave his first national radio address, speaking directly from the White House.  The U.S. was at the lowest point of the Great Depression with between 25 and 33 percent of work force unemployed.  The country was worried and Roosevelt went on the radio to ease their worries and tell them he was prepared to lead the country b

This is fantastic that this plane was found after all these years, intact yet.