Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge reminds us that appeasing tyrants never works. The U.S. must continue to stand strong against tyrants like Vladimir Putin to keep America safe.
80 years ago, on the beaches of Normandy, WWII shifted course: Here's how D-Day unfolded. ... U.S. soldiers capture Vierville. 2:15 p.m.: German infantry prisoners are taken to Omaha Beach.
Two dozen D-Day veterans were the star passengers of a flotilla which set sail from Portsmouth, England, on Tuesday, bound for the beaches of Normandy where 80 years ago this week they fought to ...
A German woman and child watching a British Army soldier in their village during Reforger 80 Exercise Reforger 1988 is held to be the largest exercise during the Cold War. [ 3 ] Involving around 125,000 troops, it was billed as the largest European ground maneuver since World War II .
On May 26, 2016, Green Berets supported about 80 soldiers of the Afghan 3rd Special Operations Battalion whose mission was to clear insurgents from Elbak, Kandahar province. The goal was to clear the road from Kandahar through Elbak to Tarin Kowt and allow an 800-man Afghan army convoy to deliver troops and supplies to Tarin Kowt.
Fetterman allegedly boasted that with 80 soldiers, he could "ride through the whole Sioux nation." [5] William J. Fetterman's Headstone, Little Bighorn National Cemetery. On December 21, 1866, a large band of Cheyenne and Sioux – which included Crazy Horse – under the leadership of Red Cloud attacked a wood train near the fort.
The remains of two American soldiers who were killed during World War II have been identified, U.S. Army officials said Wednesday. U.S. Army Sgt. Jack Zarifian and U.S. Army Private Rodger D ...
Joseph Beyrle was the third of seven children born to William and Elizabeth Beyrle, whose parents had come to America from Germany in the 1800s. He was six years old when the Great Depression struck; his father, a factory worker, lost his job. The family was evicted from their home and was forced to move in with Joseph's grandmother.