1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (739+ words) A U. S. military dive team has begun pulling artifacts from the floor of Subic Bay, where a Japanese prisoner transport ship sank in December 1944 with more than 1, 600 Allied prisoners of war packed in its holds. The recovery is part of what…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1182+ words) The journey that Knox estimated would take 16 or 17 days had taken 40. But not a single cannon was lost. In fall 1775, the Continental Army had Boston under siege but lacked the heavy artillery needed to dislodge British forces. Washington's ragtag troops…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (630+ words) Military. com Pershing Crossed Into Mexico to Hunt Pancho Villa, Changing Warfare Forever Six days after Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa raided the border town of Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916, killing 17 Americans, Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing led 6, 600 troops across the border…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (509+ words) World War II veteran Glenn Fisher has lived a long, rewarding life. He's set to turn 100 later this year. However, something very important is missing " the Purple Heart Fisher said he earned 80 years ago." Fighting with the Army along Europe's…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (583+ words) A weekend fundraiser raised hundreds of dollars to support veterans, high school students, and to help bring home the remains of a U. S. Army Special Forces soldier originally from Rochester, Minnesota, who was killed in the Vietnam War in 1971. "We do…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (577+ words) Les Schrenk and Casey Bukowski already share a special bond as World War II veterans. After all, not many from the Greatest Generation are still alive." But when Schrenk, 102, and Bukowski, 101, met for the first time to celebrate Schrenk's birthday…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (621+ words) Al Duran has lived quite a life in his 96 years and was no stranger to adventure." Recently, the modest World War II veteran was honored for his service with an Honor Flight to Washington, D. C." At the ripe age of 16, he…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (578+ words) World War II veteran "Bazooka" Joe Pietroforte may have turned 107 years old in February, but he has no intention of leaving the dance floor." Once a week, Pietroforte will go dancing at a local bar in the Los Angeles area,…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (486+ words) For more than 50 years, the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen has kept the history alive of the enormous contributions made by men of different backgrounds that helped propel U. S. forces during World War II. That legacy remains unperturbed. In November…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (917+ words) It's been almost six decades since Jim Seibert served in Vietnam, but he can still recall his harrowing experience with vivid detail and emotion. "It's not exactly an easy thing to forget." Spending a year in the rigorous Central Highlands,…...