To look at Lt. Alexander R. "Sandy" Nininger when he began his plebe year at the U.S. Military Academy, one might never have ...

Shell's Wood River Refinery, originally Roxana Petroleum Co., grew from processing 10,000 barrels in 1918 to 250,000 barrels ...

Hyunseung Lee, a former soldier who fled North Korea, told BI that those sent to fight against Ukraine have "zero ...

As part of a strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis during World War II, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 ...

Jim Mardin was about to dig into a heaping slice of cake at his 103rd birthday party when a voice shouted out for him to stop. "Everybody come on! We've got to sing happy birthday," Mardin's friend ...

Following World War II, the recycling of war materials became big business. Many towns had an Army and Navy store.

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the ...

Private First Class Kernie Thompson’s nickname was “Young Boy” when he served overseas in the U.S. Army’s 599th Ordnance ...

Private First Class Kernie Thompson’s nickname was “Young Boy” when he served overseas in the U.S. Army’s 599th Ordnance ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B ...

Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.

As Panasonic builds its new EV battery plant, it’s impossible to overlook the history of the land where it’s being built. The 3,000 acre site holds the history of Johnson County's hand in the nation's ...