Editor's note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, under the headline "‘‘I won't shed any tears the day ...
Maurice Masterson died in WWI, but his letters and those of his twin Kenneth bring history alive for Barnesville residents. Maurice, left , and Kenneth Masterson of Barnesville both served in World ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) — It’s been 50 years since the end ...
A former Oak Lawn Community High School student saw a stack of documents left out for the trash and thought the papers might deserve a better fate. They ended up being dozens of letters from World War ...
A soldier in 1917 writes about watching young men marching with guns. Another in 1918 shares that he is writing by the light of a candle made with bacon grease. That year another man talks about being ...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — When nearly 1,000 Israeli Air Force veterans signed an open letter last week calling for an end to the war in Gaza, the military responded immediately, saying it would dismiss ...
SHREVEPORT, La. - KTBS Reporter Rick Rowe has interviewed many local veterans and their families over the years about letters written to and from war zones -- some written up to 80 years ago. The ...
A letter from a St. Louis solider stationed in China during World War II sits on the table at the Missouri History Library in St. Louis, on Oct. 22, 2025. Christopher Alan Gordon, director of library ...
Two Revolutionary War letters were recently brought together at a museum in upstate New York, exactly 250 years after they were written. Fort Ticonderoga in Essex County, near Lake Champlain, ...
(NEXSTAR) — It’s been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War but its impact on American families continues to be felt even to this day. Nowhere are the accounts of those who fought — including ...