World War II

From left, Jim Redmond, Johnny Wetherall, John Crisp, who served in the British forces during World War II, watched Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Ireland at Leopardstown Park Hospital, a home for British forces veterans in Ireland.

World War II memorial

This May, 14, 1942, U. S. Army Air Corps photograph, provided by the National Archives, College Park, Md., shows the burning tanker Potrero del Llano, a Mexican ship heading to New York that was sunk on May 14, 1942 by a German U-boat, about 15 miles southeast of Miamis Biscayne Bay. It carried about 1.8 million gallons of oil aboard. A new government report details 87 shipwrecks that could pollute U.S. waters with oil. Most were sunk during World War II. The potential for pollution is less than scientists had expected. They estimate that far less oil will leak into the ocean than the BP oil spill of 2010, which spewed roughly 200 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico alone. However, six leaks are considered potentially significant coastal pollution problems. Study author Lisa Symons said Monday those six keep her up at night. Five are off the Florida coast, one just 15 miles from shore. (AP Photo/National Archives, College Park, Md)

This May, 14, 1942, U. S. Army Air Corps photograph, provided by the National Archives, College Park, Md., shows the burning tanker Potrero del Llano, a Mexican ship heading to New York that was sunk on May 14, 1942 by a German U-boat, about 15 miles southeast of Miami’s Biscayne Bay. It carried about 1.8 million gallons of oil aboard. A new government report details 87 shipwrecks that could pollute U.S. waters with oil. Most were sunk during World War II. The potential for pollution is less than scientists had expected. They estimate that far less oil will leak into the ocean than the BP oil spill of 2010, which spewed roughly 200 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico alone. However, six leaks are considered potentially significant coastal pollution problems. Study author Lisa Symons said Monday those six keep her up at night. Five are off the Florida coast, one just 15 miles from shore. (AP Photo/National Archives, College Park, Md)

A column of Russia's T-90 tanks rumbles over the cobblestones in Moscow's Red Square on May 9 during the country's Victory Day parade celebrating the anniversary of its costly victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

World War II veteran Joe Keesee receives a poster from Jefferson Elementary students Laurel Wiseman (left) and Trinti March during a patriotic send-off Thursday for five veterans in the Honor Flight program. The program covers the cost of sending vets to Washington, D.C., for two days to visit the World War II Memorial and other monuments.

A British World War II Lancaster bomber has performed a flypast to mark 70 years since a daring raid.

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city office in Osaka, western Japan on May 15, 2013. Osaka's outspoken mayor has said the Japanese military's forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline" in the ranks and provide rest for soldiers who risked their lives in battle. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Elinor Powell Albert was a nurse who tended to German P.O.W.'s at a camp in Arizona during World War II. She met her husband, Frederick Albert, while he was a prisoner in the camp.

In this May 13, 2013 photo, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city office in Osaka, western Japan. Osaka's outspoken mayor has said the system in which Asian women were forced to become wartime prostitutes before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline" in the Japanese military. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT