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Actor Mark Rylance earned an Academy Award for his portrayal of a Soviet spy in the movie "Bridge of Spies." Rylance returns to the big screen for World War II drama "Dunkirk" about the rescue of more than 300,000 British and Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk in northern France. The film is being considered an early Oscar contender. Rylance joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his new role and the real-life heroism that inspired the movie.
Elmer Shinskie received his diploma 70 years after he started high school in Pennsylvania. He was drafted to enter the Army in 1943 when he was in 10th grade.
A World War II torpedo boat that sank three enemy ships and took part in two invasions has returned to its home port. Volunteers at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans spent more than a decade restoring PT-305 to the way it looked in 1944. Omar Villafranca reports.
Over 70,000 people had to be evacuated in Thessaloniki, Greece, so that authorities could defuse a WWII-era bomb. CBSN's Elaine Quijano has the details.
President Obama returns to his family vacation after a historic visit to the USS Arizona Memorial with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. They honored more than 2,000 Americans killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 75 years ago this month. Chip Reid reports.
Rishi Sharma, 19, is no soldier. But the son of Indian immigrants is working tirelessly to preserve the legacies of World War II veterans so they can be honored for years to come. Steve Hartman reports.
Hours after the attacks on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered one of the most memorable lines in history, including this iconic line: "A date which shall live in infamy." But according to one Roosevelt expert, the enormity of what happened almost overwhelmed him. David Martin reports.
Mel Heckman helped saved the lives of his fellow sailors during the Pearl Harbor attacks. Seventy-five years later, Heckman returned to the site with his family to commemorate that day. John Blackstone reports.
Seventy-five years ago, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Many of the dead Americans were college-age, 18 to 25 years old. A new memorial at the University of Arizona is meant to pay tribute to those who lost their lives aboard the USS Arizona. Barry Petersen reports.
In a major victory for protesters against the Dakota Access pipeline project, the Army Corps of Engineers has denied an easement required to build the pipeline. They say it would have posed a risk to drinking water. CBSN's Elaine Quijano has the latest on the controversial pipeline.
The 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which left more than 2,400 Americans dead and drew the U.S. into World War II, is this week. Donald Stratton, 94, is one of just five people still alive today who survived the attack on board the USS Arizona, and he's returned to Hawaii for the commemorations. John Blackstone has more.
A party in a renovated warehouse ended with what may be the deadliest structure fire in the history of Oakland, California; the oldest-known survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor is returning to Hawaii to commemorate the 75th anniversary of a day that will live in infamy
The oldest-known survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor is returning to Hawaii to commemorate the 75th anniversary of a day that will live in infamy. Danielle Nottingham has more on the 104-year-old veteran.
Lee Cowan shows us a B-29 bomber rescued from the boneyard, and the World War II veterans and volunteers who helped launch it back into the skies.
Watch Charles Osgood's debut as host of CBS' "Sunday Morning," originally broadcast April 10, 1994. Features include: Terence Smith on doctors who still make house calls; TV critic John Leonard reviews the PBS series, "Middlemarch"; Randall Pinkston profiles Curtis Mayfield, several years after an accident left the singer paralyzed; Martha Teichner on the U.S. Army's World War II ski patrol, the 10th Mountain Division: Ray Brady on stock market fluctuations; Tim Sample on making maple syrup in Maine; Osgood on struggling pro golfer Mike Donald; and scenes of wildflowers in Texas.
Greta Friedman, the woman in the iconic Times Square kissing photo snapped on V-J Day that came to symbolize the end of World War II, has died. The photo was printed on the cover of Life magazine. The then-21-year-old Jewish refugee from Austria was spontaneously swept up by an American sailor, who gave her the historic kiss. She will be buried next to her late husband in Arlington National Cemetery.
Hillary Clinton battled back against attacks launched by Donald Trump during a forum Wednesday night; Dabney Montgomery was a Tuskegee Airman, flying in World War II, and marched in Selma with Martin Luther King, Jr
Dabney Montgomery was a Tuskegee Airman, flying in World War II, and marched in Selma with Martin Luther King, Jr. He died last week at 93, and his funeral is Thursday. Scott Pelley reports on his life.
One of the first African-American pilots in the U.S. military, Dr. Roscoe C. Brown earned the Distinguished Flying Cross during World War II and went on to become a professor and community college president.
The U.S. military in Japan faces new protests after an American Marine veteran is accused of murdering a young Japanese woman. Tens of thousands of Japanese rallied Sunday on the island of Okinawa, calling for the removal or reduction of the military bases there. Okinawans insist they're not anti-American, but many are against American bases, and their grievances date back to the end of World War II. Adriana Diaz reports.
At least one person is dead and several more are missing due to major floods in Texas; everyone in John Colone's unit thought he was dead after he was shot four times in 1968 during the Vietnam War
President Obama didn't apologize for the atomic bomb the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima seven decades ago, but he called on the world's nuclear powers to have the courage to give them up. A number of survivors were in attendance for the emotional day. Margaret Brennan has more.
President Obama made a historic address at Hiroshima May 27, the site of the American nuclear bombing that helped lead to the end of World War II. The President said the bombing lead to a "moral awakening" and called for a world without nuclear weapons. Watch the full speech.
President Obama makes history in Hiroshima, delivering a speech at the site of the WWII nuclear bombing. CBS News foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan has more on the impact of the President's speech and visit.
Donald Trump has clinched the Republican nomination with help from members of North Dakota's GOP convention delegation; Skellig Michael is an island seven miles off the coast of Ireland with a history dating back to the dawn of civilization. But that's not what has tourists flocking to the island these days
Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are ratcheting up, with a showdown between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro putting the two nations on the brink.
The USDA notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through SNAP.
In an exclusive interview, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that he will consider a presidential campaign after the 2026 midterm elections.
Dr. Peter Attia has declared war on what he calls the marginal decade, the final years of life that are often plagued by sickness and immobility.
The U.S. has carried out several air strikes on Venezuelan vessels that the Trump administration has accused of carrying drugs and cartel members.
Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewels valued at $102 million last Sunday morning from Paris' famous Louvre museum.
Melissa strengthened into a major hurricane and is expected to bring "catastrophic" flash flooding and landslides to Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the TikTok deal announced last month is set to be finalized on Thursday when President Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
In an interview aired Sunday on CBS News' "Face the Nation," Sen. Lindsey Graham said land strikes in Venezuela are a "real possibility" amid rising tensions.