After 80 years of uncertainty, a 93-year-old San Francisco woman is overwhelmed and in awe as her brother, a World War II airman declared missing in action, is finally brought home to the Bay Area.

A powerful new war film, The Six Triple Eight, sheds light on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion—the only all-Black, all-female unit stationed in Europe during WWII. Their mission?

This year the world will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when Japan formally surrendered to the Allies and ended the ...