In a life filled with milestones, Irving Locker celebrated a new, unexpected one last week: He became a published songwriter.

Retired Urbana High faculty, administrators and office personnel pitched in for a plaque now displayed on the wall above the ...

Bill Ward, an Air Force sergeant who fueled bombers in Thailand during Operation Linebacker II in 1972, said he can now stand ...

There are tens of thousands of castles in Germany. Here are ten of our favorites that you can visit—or maybe even book as ...

As World War II veterans dwindle, Bay Area families and historians race to preserve their stories before the last voices are ...

Did you know 31 of the 45 men who have served as president of the United States were military veterans beforehand?

Chuck Leman, a Livonia resident and lifelong fan of sports teams including the Detroit Tigers, was heroic in life and death.

As temperatures start to drop in many regions, millions of refugees and people displaced within their own countries are ...

Over the years they have received many monikers, some more irreverent than others. Soldiers of the sea. Teufelhund. Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. Leatherneck. Jarhead. Crayon eaters. But at the end ...

After pulling out of a 500-miles-an-hour nosedive, the veteran pilot, Jerry Neal, said he suddenly saw a rock bar on the ...

In 1954, the 83rd U.S. Congress amended the 1938 act that had made Armistice Day a holiday, replacing the word "armistice" ...

Only two of the Navajo Code Talkers are still alive. The Route 66 motel where some of these World War II heroes were recruited may not outlive them.