Francois worked as a painter and Dorothy a nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital, the towering Spanish Renaissance building on the ...
According to a family legend, the grandfather, a sergeant ... for the American Civil War. But this battle seemed to be from World War II, and some of the participants were wearing SS uniforms.
Soldiers with U.S. Army Garrison-Fort McCoy traded out the Army Materiel Command patches on their uniforms for the blue ...
He entered the American University of Beirut at age 16, but World War II interrupted his studies. Joining the British Army, he served in Italy and Germany, attaining the rank of sergeant major.
The Veterans History Project, an initiative of the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center, is marking its 25th year ...
He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.
“They shackled us and gave us each a Red ... a former Marine Corps infantry sergeant and author who has led efforts to bring more than 60 WWII veterans back to Europe. He described the ...
Harris was among the last surviving members of the historic 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, nicknamed the Triple Nickles.
Many of us say we would die for our country. But are we willing to wind up alive in a cage for an even higher principle?