On May 5, 1945, a quiet spring afternoon near Bly, Oregon, became a tragic moment in American history. Six innocent lives were lost when a Japanese balloon bomb (one of the mysterious Fu-Go weapons ...

Sgt. Kenneth Nine was scheduled to ship back to the states that Monday morning. After partying until 5 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, the 27th Infantry platoon sergeant sat exhausted in front of Schofield ...

In July of 1950, the Korean War looked as if it was about to come to an unexpectedly quick conclusion. South Korean troops had been pushed far south before gradually falling into a defensive line ...

These longtime lovebirds are a rare breed. The newly crowned “oldest married couple” in the world is an adorable pair of former Big Apple centenarians who met during World War II — and now swear by ...

The 3rd Infantry Division took command this week of Army operations in the Black Sea region with a task force of soldiers dispatched to Romania on a nine-month deployment. The unit replaced the 1st ...

Soldiers load into an Infantry Squad Vehicle during a live fire exercise in Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. (Kevin Sterling Payne/U.S. Army) Over the next two years, the U.S. Army will convert 25 ...

25th Infantry Division soldiers discuss electrical wiring in a first-person view drone operating course on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. (Spc. Wyatt Moore/U.S. Army) Amid a push to put more small drones ...

The new infantry squad vehicle can haul troops through pretty much any terrain in any conditions, but there’s a couple big things it can’t do: protect soldiers from an ambush or allow someone to ...

FORT STEWART, Ga. (WTOC) - 200 soldiers are back on U.S. soil Friday night. The 3rd Infantry Division welcomed home the soldiers who were deployed to Europe for the last nine months. “It the most ...

Paperback pamphlet with an illustrated cover of a landscape. The landscape includes mountains in the upper third of the image. Behind the mountains is a blue sky with white clouds. In mid-ground of ...

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, ...

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, ...