When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the conventional wisdom was that the capital, Kyiv, would soon fall and the ...

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The body of US Army Pvt. Jeremiah P. Mahoney has been identified almost 80 years after he was killed during fierce fighting ...

DECATUR - Ahead of Veterans Day, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced he has returned a Purple Heart medal ...

Jeremiah P. Mahoney had been missing in action since 1945. His remains will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery in ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, and one Choctaw elder is being honored next month for his role in helping to win the war.

To protect their retreat, two volunteers were sought to set up a machine gun position at the far end of a bridge. They gave ...

A Decatur woman recently received the Purple Heart earned by her late father, WWII Marine Delbert Tuttle, as part of an ...

Running on the Biden-Harris record was politically dicey in the past few months because the true story ran counter to public ...

As the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine grinds into its third year, Ukraine is in desperate need of experienced troops.