Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...

Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...

He plans to attend a joint Japan-U.S. memorial service on March 29, which would make him the first Japanese prime minister ...

Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...

John G. Connolly, the chief pay clerk who died aboard the USS Oklahoma in the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and became ...

The discussion will examine Union and Confederate leaders who failed to fulfill their duties during the Battle of Antietam.

His family said he volunteered for Meals on Wheels, was a dedicated blood donor, avid gardener, loved to travel, and was very ...

William "Buck" Myers reunited with a fellow veteran in 2005 and continues to keep his memory alive on the 80th anniversary of ...

A Blair County man who lost his life in the Battle of Iwo Jima has been memorialized by the nonprofit Stories Behind the ...

Kathy Strong is on a mission to honor a fallen Vietnam War soldier she never met. This week that mission brought her to ...

Sometimes it takes a village. When word got out that a bald eagle nesting platform had fallen on Hopkins Island, the town of ...

They are part of the Greatest Generation and survivors of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history. As their numbers ...