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Army Lieutenant General Receives Fourth Star And Becomes Second Female Combatant Commander in History

Lieutenant General Laura J Richardson

On Wednesday, the US Senate unanimously voted to promote Lieutenant General Laura J. Richardson to the rank of four-star general and become the next commander…

Soldier MIA During The Korean War Returned Home

Ralph Boughman

The remains of Cpl. Ralph Boughman have been missing since 1950, when he was killed during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War.…

How Cockroaches Are Helping The Army Build Better Legs

US Army's LLAMA legged robot

U.S. Army scientists are looking to the animal kingdom to help future legged robots catch up to the efficiency of tracked and wheeled transport. It…

World War II Veteran Finds Friend After 60-year Search

Robert Lockard, 91, of Columbus, Ohio, lost track of his close army buddy after returning home from World War II. He spent 60 years looking…

World War II Towers to be Restored

For over 70 years, a series of towers has stood on the shore of the Delaware coast. The towers were used in World War II…

90-year-old Veteran Receives Honorary Diploma

Luke Walsh dropped out of Montclair Catholic High School – Immaculate Conception High School – in 1942 to serve in the US Navy during World War…

Animals have been used as Parachutists for Years and are still Being used in the Army Today

Most people know that NASA used animals to send to the moon and on other missions before committing human beings to space. However, people do…

Poignant First World War Guestbook Messages Published For The First Time

The Peterborough Women’s United Total Abstinence Council existed to promote abstinence from alcohol at a time when drink-fuelled domestic violence was a major problem in…

Animals have been used as Parachutists for Years and are still Being used in the Army Today

Most people know that NASA used animals to send to the moon and on other missions before committing human beings to space. However, people do…

Bletchley Park veteran remembers top secret assignment

Dulcie Klusmann who is now 92 years old and lives in Bozeman in Montana has told her story of working for the British intelligence services…

A Look Back at the Army Air Corps

Ian Harvey

The United States Air Force came into being in 1947, two years after the end of World War II. Prior to that, WWII pilots flew…

An icon of the Belgian Army in WWI, the Dog Cart

Belgian Army

In the run-up to 2014, the memorial year of the outbreak of WWI, the Belgian living history group ‘De Patrouilleurs’ have re-created an icon from…