British Marine Who Provided Cover for Troops on D-Day Dies at 101 Francis "Jim" Grant, a Royal Marine and one of the last surviving British D-Day soldiers, died last week at 101.
The Finnish Sniper Who Killed Over 500 Soviet Soldiers, the Most Confirmed Kills in Military History The Soviet soldier never saw him. Neither did the one after that, or the next, or the hundreds who followed. Simo Häyhä...
The Battle of Kasserine Pass: The Humiliating WWII Defeat That Transformed the US Army The Battle of Kasserine Pass was America's first major fight against the European Axis in World War II. It turned into one of...
A British WWII Veteran’s Uncomfortable Question At age 100, British Royal Navy veteran Alec Penstone made headlines when he questioned whether the sacrifices of World War II...
Never Too Old: WWII Veteran, 101, Makes Most of Daily Workouts World War II veteran George Poleske is 101, legally blind and hard of hearing, but he shows up every day to work out and stay...
The Biscari Massacre: Patton’s Soldiers Executed 73 Axis POWs, Then the Army Covered it Up The 45th was the only "green" division in the invasion with no combat experience. Its 180th Infantry Regiment struggled badly...
105-Year-Old Massachusetts Veteran Believed to Be Nation’s Oldest Marine Louis Tanzer, likely the nation's oldest living Marine Corps veteran, received quite a celebration after turning 105 years of...
The 1944 Air Battle Over Niš: The Only Direct Combat Between American and Soviet Forces in WWII On Nov. 7, 1944, that convergence produced the only acknowledged direct combat between American and Soviet forces in World...
US Removal of Panels Honoring Black WWII Soldiers Buried in Netherlands Sparks Anger After two panels honoring Black soldiers were removed due to President Donald Trump's executive orders eliminating DEI...
WWII Veteran, 104, Wows Fans with Saxophone National Anthem Before Islanders-Rangers Game Dominic Critelli delighted a crowd of more than 17,000 with his National Anthem rendition before the Rangers-Islanders game...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...
