The March 1945 crossings, by Patton and Montgomery's forces, gave the Allies beachheads with which to invade Germany.

U.S. Army Pvt. James G. Loterbaugh died in 1944. His family recently learned his remains have been positively identified thanks to DNA testing.

When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...

U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Alvin R. Scarborough and Army Pfc. Joseph R. Travers — are coming for burials with full ...

World War II was one of the most transformative events of the 20th century. It was the largest war ever fought, with more than 50 nations and 100 million troops involved, and it reshaped geopolitics, ...

U.S. troops withdrew without recovering his remains while engaged in battle with German forces ... s using science that didn’t exist in World War II. Crossland is buried at Fort Jackson National ...

80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...

While an Army band played on Saturday, soldiers in vintage World War II uniforms boarded an amphibious ... last defenses at the German border. The Battle of the Bulge had ended with the Allies ...

WASHINGTON — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has finally accounted for a Roseville soldier killed during World War II. According ... of the company during a battle near Strass, Germany ...