Army Pvt. Duane Berry Jr. turned 109 on Feb. 5 in Cantonment. Seriously injured during WWII, he's one of war's oldest ...

A single piece of ammunition leads to one of the most surprising discoveries in the woods. While detecting in rural Germany, ...

It lacks anti-armour capabilities but it can do a hell of a lot to cause panic amongst the enemy and send infantry fleeing ...

The shell, unexploded at the time of removal, resulted in the evacuation of the hospital, with an EOD squad called to clear ...

In August 1944, seven hundred American soldiers were ordered to hold a rocky hill in Normandy against a massive German counterattack. The defense was carried out by the U.S. Army’s 30th Infantry ...

Soon after the outbreak of World War I – he was then in his 50th year – he enlisted as a volunteer. Leaving behind his Jewish wife, Hannah, and their only daughter, Bertha, he became the military head ...

About 1.2 million Russian troops have been killed, wounded or are missing since its invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago, a rate of casualties for a major military power not seen since World War ...

Why First Lieutenant Garlin Murl Conner called artillery fire on his own position during WW2 — and stopped 600 Germans[...] ...

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout continues to look at those from Licking County who lost their lives in World War II.

Empathy is under attack lately. The all-important ability to see the world through another person’s eyes is now being recast as something corrosive. The argument goes like this: if you’re empathetic, ...

The little road junction of Wahlerscheid was a veritable German fortress. Large concrete bunkers and log-covered pillboxes dotted the landscape, while the forest trails and roads bristled with mines ...

During the bloody battle for Hurtgen Forest in late 1944, a 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield. Lt. Friedrich Lengfeld ordered his men not to ...