For this unusual mission, the Army hand-picked an unusual group of soldiers for their creativity, intelligence, trustworthiness and special skills – artists (including future fashion designer Bill ...

Growing up, I knew little about my dad’s service in World War II. The only clues were his Army uniform, tucked away in a basement closet, and a rifle – a trophy taken from a German prisoner – ...

95, and the Black enlisted men like him, looked to military service to carve out ... by German women and American GIs during World War II and the 50s. The boy was eventually adopted by another ...

He was not alone. About 8,500 sets of remains of soldiers killed in World War II also could not be identified. These were buried in American military cemeteries under marble markers with the word ...

The Hannibal Salvation Army Family Store’s manager Tina Eifert and local journalist, Megan Duncan, have been getting to know the late Chester McMeen, a WWII soldier, vicariously through a collection ...

A special Veteran Pinning Ceremony to honor WWII Army Veteran William Cope was held last Friday. Mr. Cope, a resident of Smoky Mountain Nursing & Rehab, served as an Army Lieutenant in Iwo Jima during ...

“It’s an honor,” Noble, a veteran of the U.S. Army Airborne during WWII from 1943 to 1946, said. “I always wanted to serve, so I volunteered. It was a good experience and one of the ...

A young US Army soldier from Chicago who died fighting in World War II has spent nearly 80 years as nameless remains. Now he's been identified, and will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery. The ...

In picking Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, President-elect Donald Trump has selected a ...

This became apparent when we asked Military.com readers to share their must-watch war movies with us. Here’s what made the cut in terms of the best World War II movies, according to service ...

Syracuse, Nebraska — Gerri Eisenhauer's father, Army Pvt. William Walters, was shipped off to World War II before she was even born. In 1944, her family got back his body and a U.S. government ...

an online database of WWII battles. We ranked these battles based on the total military casualties, including killed, missing, captured, or wounded. We included supplementary information regarding ...