Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year on Nov. 11, we honor the brave soldiers who have served our nation with Veterans Day. There have been myriad books ...

The secret letters -- Introduction: "Your country needs you, young ladies" -- Part I. "In the event of total war women will be needed" -- Twenty-eight acres of girls -- "This is a man's size job, but ...

Next week, as the culmination of the Yakima Valley Reads program, we’ll be hosting a virtual event with Kate Quinn, bestselling author of this year’s featured book, “The Rose Code,” in addition to ...

Editor's note: This story was updated on Sept. 7, 2021 to reflect Jeuel Bannister Esmacher's alma mater. Jeuel Bannister Esmacher, 97, kept for decades the secret of her role in America’s World War II ...

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, died on April 18 in ...

President Trump has signed Democrat Abigail Spanberger’s legislation to name a Chesterfield County post office after World War II code breaker Dorothy Braden Bruce. Bruce was recruited by the U.S.

Ruth Mirsky, who turns 100 today, was a code breaker in the U.S. Navy. “It was very hush-hush,” she remembered. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Wednesday. We’ll meet a World War II code breaker who ...

There is never a good time for war. But for Julia Parsons, the outbreak of World War II came at the right time. In 1942, Parsons was a senior at Carnegie Tech — soon to be Carnegie Mellon University — ...

Every year on Nov. 11, we honor the brave soldiers who have served our nation with Veterans Day. There have been myriad books written about their experiences, many of which have made the USA TODAY ...