Forty Dixon-area Illinois Army National Guard members are being deployed to Africa as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the Illinois National Guard Public Affairs Office confirmed Wednesday. A total ...

The local units were on active duty in the Spanish American War 1898-1899; World War I, 1916-1919; and World War II, 1940-1945 ... Behnken placed third in a field of 800 competitors at Camp ...

Still, you have to win games on the field. … You can talk a good game ... photographed atop a tank at the nearby National Guard Armory. “Those were the seniors that put in extra work in ...

As World War II progressed, infantrymen were increasingly ... Walter King, detached from the 4th Missouri Cavalry to the Springfield Armory, that it might be useful to incorporate a coffee mill ...

The Dixon Armory will be deploying 40 members to Operation Enduring ... At that time, it was the largest overseas deployment of the Illinois National Guard since World War II. However, earlier this ...

Democrats largely blamed Seward’s incitement for John Brown’s 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in which the militant abolitionist sought to seize the armory and free slaves ... the Great ...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Marshall Street Armory is celebrating 100 years. It was built back in 1924 and became host to Michigan’s National Guard 119th Field Artillery Regiment. The celebration ...

Is it a restaurant with a whiskey selection, or a whiskey bar with food? The answer at The Whiskey Coop, Armory Square’s newest dining destination, seems to be yes. If you purchase a product or ...

On 20 September we celebrate POW/MIA Remembrance Day, and the OKC VA would like to highlight POW and World War II Army ...

In the 1940s, cigarette consumption was at an all-time high. Its popularity was largely fueled by aggressive marketing ...

The opening of the North Carolina airfield follows the service’s June recertification of an airfield on the Pacific island of ...

Springfield Armory first adopted the AOS for its double-stack Prodigy handgun, and now, fans of the traditional M1911 can find this versatile system in a number of Springfield's single-stack ...