World War II

Sgt. Max Wendell Lower was 23 when he was killed in Romania in August 1943.

John McTigue, 22, was an Army Air Corps co-pilot of a B-17G Flying Fortress that was struck by German anti-aircraft fire.

About 41 of the 7,000 Rangers who served in the war are still alive.

Dillard was a sharpshooter in the last racially segregated unit in the U.S. Army in World War II.

Staff Sgt. Edmund "Eddie" Sternot of the 101st Airborne Division held back a German attack during the Battle of the Bulge.

Pvt. Channing Whitaker died on Nov. 22, 1943 during the Battle of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands in the South Pacific.

President Donald Trump honored the WWII heroism of Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds.

A team of ocean explorers confirmed that the USS Grayback was discovered about 50 nautical miles south of Okinawa in June.

Of the 100 soldiers in Hursey's outfit at Pearl Harbor, he was the last remaining.

I can still recall the exhilaration I felt in the reading room of the National Archives in College Park, Maryland.

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Disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients won't see on-base access for commissaries and exchange stores any time soon.

James McMahon served 16 years in the Army's 75th Ranger Regiment and then later as a member of the elite Delta Force.

If you can squat more than 300 pounds -- and then do it again nine more times -- the Marines may have an elite job for you.

"As the President has stated, 'when our soldiers have to fight for our country, I want to give them the confidence to fight.'...

Pete Buttigieg is careful not to call himself a combat veteran even as he notes the danger he faced.