FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Sebastián Villaorduña hadn’t even sworn his oath of citizenship but he had already committed to fighting, and potentially dying, for America. The 23-year-old had arrived in the ...

Celebrate Veteran’s Day with History Channel’s documentary “The American Soldier,” which will examine the bond between U.S. destiny and its soldiers. The documentary is set to premiere Monday, ...

During the bloody battle for Hurtgen Forest in late 1944, a 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield. Lt. Friedrich Lengfeld ordered his men not to ...

The Founding Fathers of the United States were known for their distrust and disdain for standing armies. It’s a historical irony that the country they founded would not only have one, but would also ...

Three generations of a Dutch family have been the caretakers of an American soldier’s grave since 1945 — and promise future descendants will do the same. Ernest Francis Fichtl Jr., from the Little ...

“The American Soldier” explores a history more than 250 years old and still in the making. From the early settlers and the Revolutionary War against Britain, soldiers have played a key role in the ...

The American Soldier traces the evolution of America’s fighting men and women over the 250-year history of the nation. From the early settlers and the Revolutionary War against Britain, soldiers have ...

Three American soldiers were declared deceased on Monday after crews in Lithuania retrieved the M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle they were traveling in, which sank in a swamp last week. The ...

John Monsky details the history of the Unknown Soldier and the origins of Veterans Day. The U.S. takes no territory in WWI, only leases for nine cemeteries for the American dead. Each grave has a ...

Raphael Morris has never been to his uncle's final resting place, the U.S. military's only cemetery in the Netherlands—although a trans-Atlantic trip is on his bucket list. To go and see where U.S.

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