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At age 17 in 1944, Brooks was a cadet at Virginia Military Institute (above). By February 1945, he was posing for a photo with two Brooklyn buddies (below) before boarding a troopship bound for Europe.

Mel Brooks Goes to War

by Mel Brooks4/28/20224/28/2022

In his own words, the Hollywood legend recounts the funny and not-so-funny sides of serving as a U.S. Army combat engineer in World War II.

Spike Lee Made a Movie About Buffalo Soldiers — Then Found Out He Was Related to One

by Paul Wiseman4/13/20224/14/2022

Courtroom Clash: Holocaust Studies Professor vs. Holocaust Denier

by Mark Grimsley3/3/20223/4/2022

‘The Harder They Fall’ Movie Review: Ultra-Violent B Movie Pulp in a New Setting

by Louis Lalire1/31/20225/2/2022

A Man, A Mission, And The Greatest Beer Run Ever

by David Kindy10/10/20214/7/2022

Christopher Nolan Set to Direct Film on J. Robert Oppenheimer — the ‘father of the atomic bomb’

by Claire Barrett9/22/20219/22/2021

‘Das Boot’ Provides an Unvarnished Look at the Battle of the Atlantic

by Mark Grimsley9/16/20219/16/2021

‘Rock Me on the Water’ Review: How California Came to Dominate American Culture

by Clayton Trutor 7/6/20217/8/2021

Surviving Members of Hitler’s Third Reich Speak in Chilling New Documentary ‘Final Account’

by Claire Barrett5/18/20213/16/2022

Six Seconds of Courage: Veteran’s Film Depicts Heroics of Two Marines in Ramadi

by Andrea Scott4/23/20214/23/2021