In November 1944, soldiers of the Dorsetshire Regiment fought and won a little-known but gruesome battle in a wood on the ...

Family of Black WWII medic finally receives medal for his heroism Seeking a more ... way through mountainous terrain and well-prepared German defenses along the Gothic Line. Over the next several ...

The 761st Tank Battalion paved the way for Black American soldiers and made significant contributions to the Allied Forces." ...

A MEDAL awarded to a hero pigeon in World War Two is set to sell for £10,000 at auction. Tommy was supposed to be racing from Dorset to Cumbria in 1942 when a storm blew him into Nazi-occupied ...

He stopped what would have been a disastrous explosion at huge personal risk. Read about the medals of the Man Who Save ...

After the German surrender ... he was among seven Black Americans to have their WWII Distinguished Service Cross upgraded to the Medal of Honor. He was the only one of them still alive to receive ...

Among the men was 23-year-old L/Cpl Frank Boyce who was seriously injured at the start of the operation but bravely continued, earning him a Military Medal ... the German Siegfried Line which ...