The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. Blanchard E. Pruitt, 19, of Florien, Louisiana, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was ...

In the 80 years since World War II came to its official end on Sept. 2, 1945, the number of living World War II veterans has rapidly declined.

As Bill acknowledged, while he was surrounded by “cobbers”, it was Florence who he was “lonely for”. Like other historical ...

A single-engine plane has crashed in northern Wyoming mountains, killing a 13-year-old girl and injuring three of her relatives.

Blanchard Pruitt is coming home. More than 80 years after he died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, the U.S. Army private’s ...

The Israeli army is “struggling” to find enough reservists to report for duty, the Wall Street Journal reports.

President Donald Trump's administration has awarded a $1.2 billion contract to a tiny Virginia company to build and operate ...

As young marines, Peter MacDonald and Thomas Begay transmitted top secret military messages using their native language. It was an undercover mission that changed U.S. intelligence operations forever.

Nominate a “Humboldt Hero”: “Humboldt Heroes” normally honors local veterans on the last Friday of the month. If you’d like to nominate a local veteran for recognition, or help sponsor the ongoing ...

This is the last of an occasional series of articles about the Arthur and Lillian Jones family of Marshalltown who sent two sons to World War II. Lillian Jones lived a long and good life of 88 years, ...

Growing up, Fort Miles was a constant passion for Joe Johnson. Any chance he had he spent exploring the closed up ...