The Suomi KP/-31 was one of the lesser-known and yet most influential submachine guns of the Second World War. It was the ...

For the first time in American history, U.S. soldiers would fight under a foreign command. In 93 minutes, they would help win ...

When Americans sat down to Christmas dinner in 1918, the meal wasn’t just a celebration — it was an act of patriotism. During World War I, the US Food Administration urged households to save wheat, ...

Yellowed by time and brown around the edges, the four- by-seven-inch booklet titled “Regulation for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States” helped transform the Continental Army ...

George H. Pruitt was only 23 when he sacrificed his life to save a comrade. The Technician Fourth Class soldier and others were stationed in Germany in 1945 when Pruitt spotted a fellow soldier fall ...

The panels’ removal at the Netherlands American Cemetery comes after President Donald Trump issued a series of executive ...

Two years of work by volunteers in Franklin County is coming to fruition on Sunday.  As WFIR’s Denise Allen Membreno reports ...

A memorial service was held on the 83rd anniversary of a tragic chapter in Alexandria’s history where an unknown number of ...

The Yankee cavalryman had no idea what lay in store when he raised his sword that Easter Sunday afternoon. How could he? All he knew was he had a job to do. So, he lifted his arm and prepared to ...

On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many southerners ...

The US struck multiple targets in Syria on Friday that the US military tied to ISIS as retaliation for the recent attack that killed two American service members there, according to two US officials. ...