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The medics on D-Day did an exceptional job, but their role is often overlooked. For this WW2 Wayfinder episode I look at the ...
In 1944, Norwegian resistance fighters in the town of Kongsberg blew up a factory making cannons for occupying Nazi German forces during World War II.
Belarus’s events marking 80 years since the defeat of Nazi Germany were a show of state power—but also reflected real popular ...
Pfc. Vincent Banks worked at Discount Supermarket on Main Street in Rock Hill for eight months after graduating Emmett Scott High, then joined the Marines in May 1968. The Rock Hill native spent three ...
The Hayti Heritage Center is honoring the life and legacy of a World War II soldier who was shot and killed in Durham 81 years ago. Booker T. Spicely was a Black Army private based at Camp Butner ...
An English estate that was part of a World War II hospital has come to the market asking £4 million (US$5.35 million ... it served various medical functions for much of the 20th century.
The U.S. Army is investigating after a Black Hawk pilot was found dead while off base in Honduras. 1st Lt. Marciano Parisano, a 25-year-old from Cibolo, Texas who was assigned to the 1st Battalion ...
The US Army is canceling its M10 Booker light assault vehicle program as part of efforts to focus on advanced weaponry like drones. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll confirmed the move, calling the ...
BEAVERTON Ore. (KPTV) - A federally owned U.S Army bus caught fire while driving on Sunset Highway in Beaverton on Wednesday, according to Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. According to authorities ...
My U.S. Army recruiter in 1982 was telling me about college benefits when someone knocked a book off their desk. The sergeant first class flinched as his eyes darted toward his office door.
Among them was 21-year-old Hilbert Margol, a Private First Class serving in the US Army’s 42nd Infantry Division. Now 101, Margol is among the last surviving World War II veterans and he is ...
A Doctor of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and a Colonel in the US Army ... in WWII. Dr Nylund will be remembered for her endless generosity, her skill and caring as a medical practitioner ...