Army Pvt. Charles William Smalley Jr., a Chesterton native, was 19 when he died in combat in 1944 but no one knew where his body went.

Pope Leo XIV formally recognized the martyrdom of 50 French priests, seminarians and laymen who died in Gestapo custody, Nazi ...

While soldiers in battle have long worn headgear for protection, helmets issued during World War II were never meant to be ...

Small, wallet-sized photos of the wife and children would top the list, tucked into a pocket and carried into battle — a reminder of what a soldier was fighting for. They carrie ...

More than 80 years after being inducted into the U.S. Army, Pedro Vera received the French Legion of Honor— that country’s ...

An Indiana man who fought in World War II war was finally returned home to a final resting place in Chesterton, having spent 80 years as an Unknown Soldier in a French cemetery. The following ...

Pedro Vera drove an Army ambulance, ferrying the wounded to field hospitals, on D-Day and at the Battle of the Bulge. Somehow ...

Maurice Dore, was a Seabee who served in the US Navy and took part in D-Day in Normandy, France. Find out his story: ...

The military parade to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary and its convergence with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday are ...

"I need a couple guys what don't owe me no money for a little routine patrol." That was the caption under a World War II cartoon depicting an Army sergeant talking to a group of men. It was drawn ...

Fluent in German and passing as an Aryan, she once crossed into Germany, uncovered Nazi military secrets and nursed a wounded ...