Women presenting as men — whether to escape the stifling construct of feminine life or to stay close to husbands or brothers who went to war — have been serving in combat for centuries.

American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...

Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...

The military records show that Melvin Bean, Samuel Blalock, John Burns, Albert D.J. Cashier, Lyons Wakeman and Frank Thompson fought on American battlefields during ... soldiers — crusty old ...

Retired 1st Sgt. Mark Matthews was a soldier who saw the U.S. Army evolve from horse-mounted cavalry to diesel-driven, ...

Civil War surgeons learned fast. Here are a few of the MacGyver-like medical solutions that have had a lasting impact.

Cecil Bassett Moore was a Black American ... time selling life insurance, Moore decided to join the U.S. Marine Corps, which was still segregated at the time, during World War II.

Winooski United Methodist Church – Many of the renowned Buffalo Soldiers, a Black regiment known for fighting in the West and during the Spanish-American ... end of the Civil War (who) cleared ...

Fort Liberty is abandoning its name on Friday and will henceforth be known as Fort Bragg again. However, this time it won't be in honor of Confederate Gen.

The loose coalition of fighters carried out extrajudicial killings and forcibly conscripted child soldiers during the brutal second Liberian Civil ... Uncivil War,” standing behind American ...

enacted after the Civil War to establish equal citizenship for all. Everyone agrees that states are legally obligated to provide health care and education to children born of American citizens.