In the closing years of World War II, more than 500 Australian and New Zealand POWs risked capture — and death — by fleeing ...

James “Jim” Ward came to Kemper Military School from Gilman, a small farming community in central Iowa. His parents owned and ...

CHIPPEWA FALLS (WQOW) - This Memorial Day weekend volunteers in Chippewa Falls are reenacting the lives of soldiers during ...

Clarence Schipper has a story to tell. A 101-year-old World War II veteran and one of the last surviving members of the Greatest Generation, he has tales worth telling. He can tell them well, too.

A volunteer from the Australia Women’s Land Army ploughs the land during World War II. Picture ... after a delay caused by a shortage of cloth, a uniform were provided. At its peak more than ...

The U.S. has survived five declared wars and numerous undeclared ones such as Korea, Vietnam and Iraq. With so much fighting, ...

Exactly how many former WWII servicepeople there are in the UK ... shift for members of the armed forces. "It was 'keep the uniform, here are a few clothing coupons, a few food coupons, go home.' ...

Six readers on learning kindness, valuing allies and venerating the law of war.

Emma Bushee's sons were serving on six continents. At home, she waited for their letters — and tried to pray them home safe.

The surviving crew of the USS Frank E. Evans believed they were at war. But the names of their shipmates aren’t on the ...

Willi was in fact a disillusioned German soldier named Paul Muhlbach who had somehow become acquainted with Le Brocq and his comrades. He fell out with the Nazi regime after his father was arrested ...