War in Europe began in the late summer of 1914 and from the outset the United States clung to a policy of strict neutrality. Despite the loss of American life as a result of the War on the Atlantic ...
A century-old "injustice" was set right Thursday when Grace Banker received the Victory Medal for her military service overseas during World War I. Carolyn Timbie of East Kingston accepted the medal ...
RANDY GEORGE joined the US Army in 1988. It had overhauled itself after the trauma of Vietnam. It had written a new doctrine, known as AirLand Battle, to defeat the Soviet Union in a war in Europe.
It's a symbol of cutting-edge military might from 100-plus years ago — propeller-driven, wind-in-your-face, fabric-covered — and a blueprint for great planes later built on Long Island.
Gun salutes rang out Thursday as two Scottish soldiers killed in World War I were reburied in northern France where Britain's Princess Anne opened an extended cemetery for the dead from the 1914-18 ...