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In his military service, his academic writing, and his policymaking, Henry Kissinger dutifully served his adopted country.

Editor’s note: This story, originally headlined, “Foxhole friends reunited: After more than 6 decades, machine gunners shoot breeze at lunch” was originally published on May 21, 2011. Mr. Wright died

An outbreak of the norovirus has spread further at the Flevoziekenhuis, a hospital located in Almere, with new cases at the gastrointestinal and liver diseases department. Two patients there has tested positive for the viral infection, a third has symptoms consistent with the infection and five employees are also showing symptoms linked to the highly contagious virus, a spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday afternoon. Separately, an unknown number of people who took part in the Roermond City Swim on...

Landing at Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944 – one day after the historic D-Day invasion of Normandy, France – U.S. Army Captain Jack King was ordered to

The longer he lives, the greater his stature becomes.

From the blog of James Galfund at The Times of Israel

On December 19, 1944, Lt. Col. Andrew Barr, the G-2 for Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose’s 3d Armored Division, and his staff joined the divisional headquarters in a night road march.

Dubbed the longest battle fought by the Americans on German soil, the Battle of Hurtgen Forest lasted from September 19, 1944, to February 10, 1945.

Columnist Mike Richard writes about a local serviceman who was killed stateside after surviving Pearl Harbor; another fell during a battle in Germany

Having good boats to get your forces across rivers and lakes matters more than youd think. Heres What You Need To Know: The Mike boat, an all-metal vessel that displaced 30 tons, was developed to carry a single armored fighting vehicle the size of a Sherman tank. Some times called a “tank lighter,” it had twin diesel engines that made it quite maneuverable and therefore required a skilled coxswain such as Birkler to “drive” it. The craft’s 130-mile range also meant that it could sai...