Dwight David Eisenhower was born on Oct. 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas 135-years ago. His family later relocated to Kansas. His ...
Decades ago, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old 1st Lt. Jeffersons Wiggins, along with hundreds of other Black soldiers in, were tasked with burying the ...
For the American World War II veterans, all in their late 90s or early 100s, the event marked what will be one of the last ...
Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs reunited a Purple Heart with the family of a World War II veteran after it was ...
A Purple Heart is one of the most prestigious awards a member of the military can receive. Now, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs is helping the family of a World War II veteran get it back.
I recently returned from Italy, where I retraced my father’s footsteps. He served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team ...
In December 1944, a battle began in the densely forested Ardennes region of eastern Belgium and northern Luxembourg. It started with a surprise counteroffensive launched by Nazi Germany at the Allied ...
Key Points and Summary - Kyiv’s World War II museum now features today’s foreign fighters in Ukraine—an exhibit unthinkable four years ago. Curators cite “several thousand” Americans and at least 92 U ...
The information panels were removed following ‘an internal review of interpretive content,’ according to the American Battle ...