This weekend, Americans set aside a day to honor the memory of those who sacrificed their lives in defense of their country: Memorial Day. The federal holiday only became official in 1968, but this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The body of Army Staff Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, the seventh U.S. service member to die in combat during the U.S. war with Iran ...

Since the war with Iran started in late February, 13 American service members have been killed, including a Minnesota mother of two, an Iowa college student and a Florida native remembered by his ...

BEDFORD, Ohio (WJW) – Nearly 75 years have passed since a U.S. Army sergeant from Greater Cleveland was declared missing-in-action during the Korean War. For most of that time, questions about what ...

One of the greatest war movies ever made is now 84 years old. Months after its July premiere in New York City, Sergeant Yorkdebuted in theaters on September 27, 1941. Released just a short time away ...

Staff Sgt. Robert Keuchel, an Omaha native killed in World War II, will be honored Friday with a procession to his final ...

South Carolina’s Battery Wagner no longer exists—thanks to beach erosion and the ceaseless movement of the waters of Charleston harbor. It disappeared 20 years after it had momentarily become one of ...

The mystery is solved. A World War II soldier killed on a bomber plane in France more than 80 years ago will finally come home with an assist from his niece in Oxnard. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Felix ...

© Stubby: Terrier Hero of Georgetown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons World War I is often remembered for its overwhelming scale and brutality. Trenches ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer explains how examining plantation records and market prices deepens our understanding of a devastating chapter in American history. South Carolina’s Battery Wagner no ...