Ernest “Smokey” Smith crawls through the rain-drenched night, his uniform caked with mud. It is October 21, 1944, and the bad ...

The Nassau County community gathered to celebrate the 105th birthday of Sgt. Anthony Catalano, a World War II veteran, on ...

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Dr. Richard Martin reflects on his service as an Army physician in Germany in the 1970s, sharing stories of cross-cultural friendship and the realities of living next to the Eastern Bloc.

A white granite headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery bears a name that sounds American: Larry Allan Thorne. But the man buried there was born Lauri Allan Törni in Viipuri, Finland, ...

In one of WWII's most controversial pacts, Spain's Franco sent a volunteer division to fight for Germany, but not for the ...

The film's synopsis reads: "German soldiers (Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel) go from victory to ...

The Battle of Stalingrad marked the turning point of World War II on the Eastern Front. It transformed the momentum of the war, shifting the balance of power from Nazi ...

As Veterans Day approaches, columnist Joe Blackstock shares stories – big and small – recalling those who have served in the ...

Kramer was among a dozen young Germans spending a week on a “taster” program with their country’s Navy. The initiative is ...

Many Arkansans are familiar with Edward Payson Washbourne's 1856 painting called "The Arkansas Traveler." In succeeding years the name would be applied to a riverboat, a racehorse, a newspaper and a ...

This British war film that was released in the 1950s and is based on the real-life of a famed British army officer who was ...