Diver Finds 900-Year-Old Sword Belonging to a Knight Crusader Off Israel’s Coast
The nearly four-foot blade, “which has been preserved in perfect condition, is a beautiful and rare find and evidently belonged to a Crusader knight"
Colin Powell, 84, Dies of COVID-19 Complications
The former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was 84 years old
Public Can Lay Flowers on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for the First Time in 100 Years
For the first time in nearly 100 years, members of the public will be able to lay flowers directly in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Colin Firth to Star as MI5 Agent Who Concocted One of the Most Extraordinary Deceptions of WWII — Operation MINCEMEAT
The film follows MI5 agents and their hairbrained scheme in which they use a British cadaver to bamboozle the Germans in the lead up to the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943
Fighting Phantoms: French Town to Honor America’s WWII ‘Ghost Army’
This unique and top-secret unit was capable of simulating two whole divisions — approximately 30,000 men — during battle
Researchers Hunt for Soldiers’ Graves at Montana’s Rosebud Battlefield
With much of the battlefield remaining largely unchanged over the next 145 years, a team of researchers conducted a survey last week trying to find those nine men
Germany Agrees to Pay an Additional $767 Million to Holocaust Survivors
Germany has agreed to allot first-time pensions for victims of the Holocaust who survived the Siege of Leningrad
Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Spray-Painted on Barracks at Auschwitz-Birkenau
The vandalism was discovered on October 5 on the wooden barracks in Sector Blla of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site — the largest subcamp of the complex
‘The most important lesson I learned’: Fmr. Gen. David Petraeus on the Vietnam War, Iraq and Afghanistan
David Petraeus on the lessons of the Vietnam War and their impact on the senior military leadership
This WWII Vet Kept a ‘Thank You for Your Service’ Letter for Over 10 Years. This Summer He Finally Met Its Author
“Before I close my eyes I have to find her. I have to find her," Frank Grasberger repeatedly told his wife
NatGeo’s ‘9/11: One Day in America’ is a Painstaking Portrait of Horror, Resilience & Hope
National Geographic’s latest six-part retelling of the infamous day that launched a forever war and shocked the world
‘Not something you should ever really see’: Veterans Reflect on 9/11
“The initial reasons to go in after 9/11, were right and true,” Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath said. “They had attacked our country, and they needed to be ousted."
Gen. Robert E. Lee Statue — Nation’s Largest Remaining Confederate Tribute — To Be Removed
“The statue was installed in 1890, a generation after the Civil War, during the historical movement that sought to undo the results by other means"
‘Digital Dunkirk’: How Social Media was Used to Evacuate Afghan Allies
Amid the chaos in Afghanistan, those in need of saving aren’t relying on boats, but texts and social media posts
New Exhibition to Examine the Oft Forgotten Eastern Front of WWI
The exhibit is set to open on August 27
Spymaster ‘Wild Bill’ Donovan’s WWI Exploits Profiled in Graphic Novel
While Donovan’s WWII exploits are fairly well-known, AUSA’s latest graphic novel highlights his time in the trenches of World War I
