For an estimated $200,000-300,000, this screen-worn Stormtrooper helmet—recently exhibited at the Reagan Presidential Library—could be yours. And so could questions about representation of Empire!

It was first developed and mass-produced in 1941, before the United States entered World War II and was the standard helmet all the way through the mid-1980s. More than 22 million were made during ...

Helmet pulled from mud of Rhine River reunited with World War II soldier's family 80 years later 03:06. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It is a reunion 80 years in the making.

In one, a “doughboy”—the nickname for American World War I soldiers—takes his helmet from his daughter. In another, a pair of soldiers tend to a fallen comrade.

Vietnam War soldiers used their helmets as canvases—covering them in graffiti, slogans, and messages that revealed their thoughts, fears, and rebellion. Simple History Posted: March 17, 2025 ...

An American paratrooper who became a legend in Belgium during World War II for carrying beer in his helmet to give to the wounded has died, the Army’s 18th Airborne Corps said Thursday.

World War II." He used his own daughter Madeleine — 11 at the time — as the model for the little girl. His wife, novelist and filmmaker Traci Slatton, modeled one of the nurses.

During World War II, Earl L. McCorkle from Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, was fighting the Germans while trying to cross the Rhine River. But it was during the Battle at Remagen that he lost his helmet.