HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Today marks the 80th anniversary of the formation of the World War II 100th Infantry Battalion -- it was a segregated army unit comprised of about 1,400 second-generation ...

TONAWANDA, N.Y. — John Gojmerac, a WWII veteran who served in the 3rd Infantry Division, received the insignia of Knight of the Legion of Honour from Jeremie Robert, consul general of France in New ...

Blakeman was born Jan. 30, 1924, in Kansas City, Missouri. He joined the United States Army in March of 1943. In May 1944, he sailed to England on a Liberty ship. He landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy, ...

Mark D. Van Ells tells the history of the Midwest National Guard "Red Arrow" combat unit. Drawing from his book, "Red Arrow Across the Pacific: The Thirty-Second Infantry Division During World War II, ...

In observance of Black History Month, volunteers from the non-profit Stories Behind the Stars have written memorials about each of Pennsylvania’s fallen from the 366th Infantry Regiment. There were ...

MIGNANO MONTELUNGO, Italy — A memorial honoring a U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division offensive in World War II to break through German lines in a series of battles in 1943 and 1944 was unveiled this week ...

FORT CARSON, Co. — The 3rd Infantry Division presented a Silver Star Medal to Staff Sgt. Harold A. Nelson, an infantryman and Dogface Soldier, for his service in World War II from Nov. 1942 to June ...

ST. LOUIS — They've been holding annual reunions since World War II ended. But this week's meeting in St. Louis of the Army's 84th Infantry Division is the last. Members acknowledge that age has taken ...

The M1 Garand established semi-automatic rifles as the infantry standard and shaped modern assault doctrine. The StG 44 created the blueprint for modern assault rifles with its intermediate-caliber ...

Infantry tactics often evolved to compensate for weapon failures rather than to exploit superior firepower. Unreliable automatic weapons like the Chauchat and early M16 forced troops to slow assaults ...