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

In fact, cavalry was used more in World War II than is often believed, and in that context, the last charge involving U.S. cavalry took place, marking the end of an era immortalized by cinema. This ...

The remains of a U.S. soldier killed during World War II have finally been laid to rest 83 years after his death. A funeral service was held on Friday at San Francisco National Cemetery in the ...

The Army is putting to pasture five ceremonial horse units that bring the service’s cavalry history of the Old West to life ...

Animals were used in World War I on a scale never before seen -- and never again repeated. Horses by the millions were put in service as cavalry mounts and beasts of burden, but they were not the ...

Few World War II battles have captivated historians and enthusiasts more than the Battle of Kursk, in July 1943. This pivotal ...

A rifleman and company cook with the 1st Cavalry Division, Nipps participated in the bloody, hard-fought campaign to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese, including the islands of Leyte and ...

During World War II, U.S. Navy cruisers filled a vital niche between the powerful but slow battleships and the less powerful ...

At 9:00 PM, MacArthur sent troops to Anacostia Flats where 10,000 people lived in a makeshift camp. Many veterans had brought ...

On June 25, 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South. The conflict would last for over three years and would be responsible for an estimated 4 million deaths, ...

Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war. The bombs were unearthed on Monday during ...

World War II veterans return to Normandy's beaches for the 81st D-Day anniversary, with about two dozen mostly centenarian former servicemen receiving warm welcomes from local French people.