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WWII Troop Train event on May 24 held at Colebrookdale Railroad in Boyertown was organized by Colebrookdale Railroad, Gen.
Two Soldiers from U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys earned the new Master Combat Infantryman Badge (MCIB), May 5, 2025. The ...
For this year‘s 81st anniversary of D-Day, volunteers with the nonprofit Stories Behind the Stars are commemorating the sacrifice of the 1st Infantry Division ... the 1st and 2nd Battalions ...
Another significant moment was the dedication of a new historical plaque to the 2nd Infantry Division. While the role of other divisions in the D-Day invasion is well-known, experts say the 2nd ...
He was part of the all-black 503rd Field Artillery Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Division before the armed forces were fully racially integrated. By late November 1950, he was fighting in the ...
Brown served on the Korean DMZ as Executive Officer of the 1st Battalion, 38th Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division. His command experience also included assignments in Germany, Bosnia, Saudi Arabia, ...
Charles Rangel, dean of New York’s congressional delegation and the first African-American to chair the House Ways and Means Committee, died Monday in a New York hospital. He was 94. The City ...
Alvan P., 20 — Kelso; 413th Infantry, 104th Division; killed in action in Germany, Dec. 1, 1944 Gray, Pfc. Robert Burley, 24 — Ilwaco; Company B 542 2nd Engineers; killed in action in New ...
As a member of the 2nd Infantry Division, he was wounded in an ambush and left for dead before being rescued. (He was awarded both the Purple Heart and Silver Star in 2005.) After the service ...
An IED detonated under his vehicle. At the time, Sterling, age 21, was serving as an infantryman assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.
Just months after the war's outbreak in June 1950, Rangel, then a member of the 503rd Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, fought in the Battle of Kunu-ri in North Korea, where he led ...