Dec. 7, 1941, changed the lives of those in Erie and the U.S. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, forcing the U.S. into war.

As war broke out in Europe and Africa, America declared isolation and neutrality. A first-ever American peacetime draft was ...

While Erie's men were fighting for freedom, Erie residents were hard at work producing all sorts of war materiel to ...

June 6, 1944, marked the largest seaborne invasion in history. Seven veterans still living in Erie in 2015 remember hitting ...

A few days after the devastating bomb drops, the Japanese surrender and V-J day is celebrated. Erie residents found peace, ...

Combat in Europe affected many of Erie's men sent overseas. Erie veterans recall brutality, sights and scenes that set in as ...

One of the fiercest and bloodiest battles in Europe was the Battle of the Bulge. Erie's veterans remember the combat.

Erie County veterans talk about World War II and its significance in the United States' history.

A 20-video local history series produced by the Erie Times-News in 2015, the 70th anniversary year of the end of World War II ...

Allied Forces blazed through Europe. Combat was winding down as the German lines grew thinner. One of Erie's men helped ...

American troops ship out to North Africa as soon as they are trained. Allied Forces desperately need to win in Africa in ...

While combat was over in Europe, it was far from over in the Pacific. Erie's men describe daily life in the Pacific fighting ...