He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.

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?

The Veterans History Project, an initiative of the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center, is marking its 25th year ...

Francois worked as a painter and Dorothy a nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital, the towering Spanish Renaissance building on the ...

NORTH MANKATO — American Legion Post 518 will fly a flag in April in honor of Lt. Gen. Lewis “Chesty” Puller — the ...

My mom's older brother was 27 years old when killed in action on this day in 1945, in the final weeks of World War II ...

WELLSBURG — About 50 local Vietnam War veterans and their spouses accepted an invitation from Wellsburg Elks Lodge 1553 and ...

From colonial America to the recent war in Iraq, Army stories have captured movie audiences for nearly a century; influencing ...

Before breaking the baseball color barrier, Jackie Robinson fought racism in the Army. Now a page dedicated to the former Connecticut man has been removed.

The Marine Corps has removed more than a dozen videos, photos and stories about Navajo Code Talkers as part of an ongoing ...

By Cristina Johnson Contributed The U.S. Armed Forces resorted to asbestos-containing products throughout the last century, ...