The remains of two American soldiers who were killed during World War II have been identified, U.S. Army officials said Wednesday. U.S. Army Sgt. Jack Zarifian and U.S. Army Private Rodger D. Andrews were both 19 years old when they died in combat in Europe, the Defense POW/MIA ...
Two more American soldierskilled during World War II— one from New Mexico and one from Georgia — have been identified, U.S. officials announced in the past week, as the massive task to account for thousands of missing service members continues. After years of combing through military records...
American soldiers killed in action since World War II
African American Servicemen Fight Two Wars World War II Casualties and Legacy Photo Galleries World War II, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history, involved more than 50 nations and was fought on land, sea and air in nearly every part of the world. Also known as the Second Worl...
American Soldiers: Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam. Lawrence: U of Kansas P, 2003. Print.Kindsvatter, Peter S. American Soldiers: Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam. Modern War Studies. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press, 2003....
When Studs Terkel titled his 1984 oral history of the American experience in World War Two The Good War, he meant it ironically. Terkel’s book is full of accounts of G. I.s and civilians who could still, decades afterward, think of themselves as casualties. Thanks, however, to Tom Brok...
For Thompson and other African-Americans, defeating Nazi Germany and the Axis powers was only half the battle. Winning the war would be only a partial victory if the United States did not also overturn racial discrimination at home. These ideals seemed particularly far away in the ...
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Under the alias Walter Kempf, Robey was sent back to his native land as part of Operation Weissdorn, a plan to assassinate South African leader Jan Smuts for leading South Africa into World War Two as a British ally rather than remaining neutral like his opponents wanted.Continue reading→ ...