Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lt. Harold E Goettler (L) and Lt. Erwin R. Bleckley. (U.S. Air Force) By the time the First Army of the American Expeditionary ...

War was near in November 1941. The men of the Second Battalion of the 131st Field Artillery of the Texas National Guard prepared for the worst as they sailed to Hawaii. These men had come together ...

Before they were known as the “Lost Battalion,” the 1st Battalion was a part of the 36th Infantry Division fighting in Europe during World War II. After a bungled strategic decision sent them deep ...

On the afternoon of Oct. 4, 1918, American artillery hit a ravine in France's Argonne Forest. The rounds were falling directly on roughly 500 U.S. soldiers that had been trapped behind enemy lines for ...

It was here, however, that the American “Doughboys” encountered their first serious opposition — the German Fifth Army. During the grueling six-week campaign that ensued, the AEF was provided a degree ...