as scores of upper and middle-class women rushed to don uniform in the voluntary organisations ... shifted focus at the outbreak of World War One. How the first women gained the right to vote ...
They were part of what was called La Force Noir, the black army and their story is one of the least known in the whole of the first World War. Amadou Sar was one of over 120,000 West Africans ...
American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...
MILLVILLE, New Jersey -- The history of World War II in South Jersey and beyond is captured through the planes, uniforms, and other military artifacts at the Millville Army Air Field Museum.
My military service saw my allegiance to six different presidents over almost 40 years in uniform. I didn’t always agree with ...
After moving one barracks building successfully Jan. 22, contractors are set to move a second building from its resting area ...
Warrior, famously called "the horse the Germans couldn't kill," became a symbol of courage and loyalty during World War I.
Military service shaped Tom McDermott's identity, values and purpose, fostering camaraderie, resilience and patriotism, despite moral challenges and personal sacrifices.
At the end of the Second World War, the American military had twelve million active-duty members. It now has 1.3 million—even ... half million men and women in uniform. Despite the size of ...
"The guys in one ... Russian military than losing troops or transport vehicles. "During the Great Patriotic War, part of our artillery was horse-drawn," Sobolev added, referring to World War ...
After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II ... proving priceless during the Cold War; one of them, Wernher von Braun, later emerged ...
Many tales are told of World War II, but not widely known is the story of a sergeant from Ann Arbor and his decorated monkey friend Pat P. Pat.