A book released over the summer, “From Farm Fields to Battlefields” by Dr. Kenneth Hyde, gives a detailed look at 1940s wartime.
Under Maj. William O. Darby, volunteers drawn heavily from the 34th Infantry Division trained in Scotland in demolitions, ...
November is National Veterans and Military Families Month. One local World War II veteran shares what his service, and the service of other military members, means to him.
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Why WWII Uniforms Had Hidden Pockets

This video uncovers the little-known story of secret pockets sewn into World War II uniforms. We explore how these hidden compartments were used to carry escape maps, compasses, and coded documents, ...
Frampol, a small Polish town designed with a strikingly symmetrical grid radiating from its market square, was once celebrated for its beauty and order. However, that same design made it look like a ...
WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - At 20 feet long, 21 inches around, and 3,000 pounds, a torpedo sliced through 4500 feet of water at 46 knots during World War II. "It would be against merchant and warships. It's ...
Henry Hector Boubel, a Laredo native and WWII veteran, witnessed Japan's surrender, survived pivotal battles, and left a ...
By Jeffrey Dumas The Second World War, the war to end all wars, ended in 1945, 80 years ago, yet a strange fascination about the Nazis persists, including on eastern Long Island. Christopher C. Verga, ...
FROM the work of cartographers who first charted the Philippines in the 16th century to World War II maps used by Japanese or American forces for wartime strategy, Gallery of Prints has remained a ...
The discovery prompted an international search to figure out how the ancient headstone made it to New Orleans.
A follow-up to the original General Orders that combines worker placement and wargame, now set in feudal Japan.
For more than half a century, Johns Hopkins has been a leader in converting federal support into tangible benefits for the ...