The struggle to recapture the Italian peninsula from Axis forces has sometimes been overshadowed by other World War II ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the ...

On September 15th, 1944, 25,000 Marines of the First Marine ... Frank Pomroy served on Guadalcanal, but Peleliu would be another story. At 8:32 AM on September 15th, the American naval and air ...

The United States was dragged unwillingly into World War II by the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, ...

Slug a walk-off grand slam in the World Series, and you’re a hero. Come back from ACL or rotator cuff surgery, and you’re courageous. Bury long jump shots in the Final Four, and you’re a gunner. The ...

In the Pacific theater of World War II, the “miracle” at Midway in mid-1942 had given way to the bloody attritional battles of Guadalcanal ... In mid-1944, the United States pierced Japan ...

The floatplane was a Japanese Yokosuka E14Y "Glen" launched from a Japanese submarine that had sailed across the Pacific. There was reason to the proverbial madness to attack Oregon's stunning ...

Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by Parliament. 1555: Parliament re-establishes Catholicism. 1661: Scien ...

Veterans Day is an opportunity to honor all of the men and women who have served the United States in uniform—and you ...

Most of you already know that Purple Hearts are medals awarded to soldiers who have been injured by the enemy while serving ...

80 Years Ago — October 1944 FROM THE OCT. 7 ... Tracy earned the medal while serving with the American division on Guadalcanal from Oct. 13, 1942, to Feb. 7, 1943. … Chaplain Tracy had ...