For others, like Benelux employee Patrick Livémont, the sense of historical duty takes a more individual and private form.

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

By today's standards, Eric Fisher Wood Sr. would probably not have joined the National Guard, let alone join two armies to ...

In December 1944, American soldiers serving in the Ardennes region of Belgium were suddenly struck by an overwhelmingly horde ...

Villanova coach Ed Geisz engaged in a heroic act during World War II, leading to General George Patton handing Geisz the ...

A trusting, genuine and progressively complex relationship between two young boys growing up together in rural Leakesville, ...

COMMENTARY: The Feb. 13-15, 1945, firebombing of the eastern German city symbolizes the brutality of World War II.

A U.S. Army base originally named after a Confederate general, then renamed Fort Liberty, will revert to the name Fort Bragg.

On July 19, 1944, the German submarine U-861 torpedoed the Vital de Oliveira, sinking it and killing about 100 of the 270 ...

In addition to that, Germany’s disarmed. They only have about 125 attack aircraft. They have very few armored vehicles. Their ...

Among the millions of World War II veterans were multiple future U.S. presidents. Some only narrowly survived the experience.

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