Polk now refers to a General James H. Polk, a World War II cavalryman who became a commander of U.S. Army Europe.

FORT POLK - In a ceremony Friday at the Fort Polk Joint Readiness Training Center, the Vernon Parish Army base was ...

The unit of 855 Black women was celebrated for clearing a massive backlog of undelivered mail for American service members.

After 80 years, researchers located the bow of USS New Orleans torn off by a Japanese torpedo during a 1942 WWII naval battle ...

As an older white woman with complex medical issues, I never take for granted that I have a trustworthy medical team, nor do ...

The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled ...

Thousands of people from Bosnia and around the world are gathering in Srebrenica to mark the 30th anniversary of the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim boys and men.

GRETNA, Va. – A local 101-year-old World War II veteran was finally honored with service medals earlier today. Gretna native ...

Featuring music "Leave It to the Professionals" by Arthur Benson, this video includes footage from the National Archives and ...

A Japanese torpedo slammed into the USS New Orleans in 1942, tearing off nearly one-third of the ship and killing over 180 ...

Working on the Home Front, 1942–1945." exhibit features a collection of about 50 black-and-white photographs of wartime ...

HONOLULU ( HawaiiNewsNow /Gray News) – An 8-year-old boy was critically injured after falling into a WWII-era bunker in ...