It was not the best of Christmas seasons for Gen. George Patton in December of 1944. Yes, the general's Third Army was ...
Under artillery fire in frozen Belgium, combat medics established battlefield medicine standards still used today.
In order to march on Antwerp, the German Wehrmacht needed to first capture Freyneux—and the US Army stopped it in its tracks.
Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth. On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi Germany launched an enormous ...
On the morning of December 16, 1944, more than 200,000 German soldiers and about 1,000 tanks launched a surprise attack on ...
The last Soviet troops are withdrawn from North Korea. 1975 The world’s first commercial supersonic aircraft, the Soviet ...
The experience at battle solidified Howard Buford’s approach to life. ‘I don’t carry grudges around. I don’t carry anger around.” ...
There are a few former Orioles who were born on this day. They are: 1982-86/92 pitcher Storm Davis, 1984-89 infielder Jim ...
Two novels center on small acts of valor, from a little onion’s quest to free his father to an orphaned boy carrying messages ...
In small town America, boys with absent heads of households were taken under the wing of World War I veterans from such ...
Today is the 357th day of 2025 and the third day of winter. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Joseph Smith (1805-1844), religious leader; Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919), entrepreneur; Norman Maclean (1902-1990), ...
A journey into Hitler’s hidden forest headquarters in Poland, where key World War II campaigns were directed and the legacy ...