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Viewfinder: A World War II Veteran Who Took Part in D-Day Is Buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Members of the United States Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," carry the flag-draped casket of World War II Army veteran Carl Mann to his final resting place.

Pacific Standard Staff

Defendant Dr. Johann R., whose face is pixelated by court order, sits with his lawyers at a session of his trial at the Regional Court in Muenster, Germany, on November 6th, 2018. The 94-year-old former SS guard faces trial, charged with complicity in the mass murders at the Nazi concentration camp Stutthof during World War II. Johann R. was a watchman at the Nazi camp near what was then the free city of Danzig, now Gdansk, in Poland. He also stands accused of complicity in the murders of several hundred camp prisoners between 1942 and 1945. As the former SS guard was not yet 21 at the time of the crimes, he will be tried before a juvenile court.

Viewfinder: An SS Guard Faces Trial for Nazi Crimes

The 94-year-old former SS guard faces trial, charged with complicity in the mass murders at the Nazi concentration camp Stutthof during World War II.

Pacific Standard Staff

Members of the Japanese-American Mochida family awaiting re-location to a camp, Hayward, California.

Social Justice

How an Airport Fence Has Sparked a Debate Over Honoring Victims of Japanese Internment

In Tulelake, California, a municipal airport was built on the site of a former internment camp, and now it is at the center of a serious debate over preserving the historical significance of the land.

Alastair Boone

People carry portraits of World War II soldiers during the immortal regiment march, in which Russia marks the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, in downtown Saint Petersburg on May 9th, 2018.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: A World War II Remembrance in Saint Petersburg

People carry portraits of World War II soldiers during the immortal regiment march, in which Russia marks the 73rd anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, in downtown Saint Petersburg on May 9th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

The portrait of Fred Korematsu is seen in the National Portrait Gallery on February 2nd, 2012, in Washington, D.C.

News in Brief

The Supreme Court’s Missed Opportunity to Undo the Long Legacy of Its Korematsu Decision

Bad jurisprudence, like history, tends to repeat itself.

Jared Keller

Hugh Hefner arrives at the launch of City Nights Playboy Menswear Collection at Bloomingdales on October 17th, 2007, in Century City, California.

Economics

How Leisure Time Transformed Society and Politics

With their newfound spare time in the post-war era, many Americans joined clubs and started attending meetings that rapidly changed political parties in the United States.

Seth Masket

The author's Grandpa George (back row, second from right) during training at the Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, North Carolina.

News in Brief

How My Grandfathers Proved Their Loyalty to America

One was part German. The other was born in Japan. Their stories show a crack in the façade of the Greatest Generation.

Willy Blackmore

News in Brief

War and Peace … and International Trade

Dense trade networks that formed in the years after World War II may explain a startling decline in war over the same period.

Nathan Collins

News in Brief

The Pentagon Has Finally Identified the Remains of a POW Lost Since 1942

Long buried alongside hundreds of unknown U.S. soldiers in the Philippines, Private Arthur “Bud” Kelder is on his way home after a lawsuit by his family.

Megan McCloskey