German artillery tactics during World War II are often overlooked in military history, with very little written about how ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – Charleston lost a centenarian and WWII purple heart veteran on Saturday. Julian Sockman, of ...

The Sturmtiger stands out as one of the most unusual and powerful vehicles of WWII. Armed with a massive 38 cm ...

Julian "Jule" Heath Sockman, 102, a long-time resident of the Kanawha City neighborhood in Charleston, West Virginia, was wounded in action in World War II died June 28, 2025, in Hubbard Hospice House ...

About two years ago I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I've known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of ...

In ‘Operation Biting,’ Max Hastings narrates a daring action by British special forces that could have come from the pen of ...

Robert “Bob” Leslie’s children remember seeing shrapnel emerge from the skin on their WWII-veteran father’s face multiple times during their childhood. “Every now and then, even when we were kids, a ...

The grave of Point Pleasant native John “Jack” R. Carleton, who died fighting in World War II, is still tenderly cared for ...

Over three days in April 1945, more than 40,000 German and Soviet soldiers were killed, wounded or captured as 16,000 howitzers, mortars and Katyusha rockets bombarded a 50m-high rise.

At the age of 20 Don Halvorson led a platoon of soldiers across Italy and was present when German forces surrendered at the end of WWII.

In 1997, after being denied the award for more than 50 years due to discrimination, 1st Lt. Vernon Baker finally received a Medal of Honor for his heroism during World War II, making him one of ...

Chemical mortars were developed as incendiary shells, smoke, marker, phosphorous and chemical weapons, including poison gas. After intense training, the 83rd was deployed to the Mediterranean ...