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Army Pvt. Charles William Smalley Jr., a Chesterton native, was 19 when he died in combat in 1944 but no one knew where his body went.
While soldiers in battle have long worn headgear for protection, helmets issued during World War II were never meant to be ...
What did our fathers and grandfathers take to war with them, to World War II? What did the American soldier carry in his pockets? It can tell us a lot about their daily lives. Small, wallet-sized ...
Though poison gas wasn’t used during the D-Day invasion, Allied forces came prepared. In this video, we explore the protective gear, training, and tactics soldiers carried with them in case chemical ...
During World War Two, hundreds of cargo ships raced across the Atlantic in an effort to keep Britain supplied. But these ...
Morrison brought a copy of the letter with him when he visited Italy earlier this year – the same time a group from Fort Drum ...
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