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Russian WWII vet recalls the Battle of Stalingrad
The Soviet soldiers used their own bodies as shields, covering women and children escaping on ferry boats from a Nazi bombardment that killed 40,000 ...
VA report: 22 veterans commit suicide each day
The number of veterans who commit suicide each day is more than 20 percent higher than the Department of Veterans Affairs has previously estimated, ...
Republicans hammer defense nominee Chuck Hagel
Republican senators hammered former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearing Thursday on issues ranging from Israel and Iran to his support ...
Troops: Women should meet same standards as men
During her time in Iraq, Alma Felix would see her fellow female soldiers leave the Army installations where she worked at a desk job and head into ...
UK won't let British veterans accept Russian medal
Reay Clarke, who risked his life on World War II Arctic convoys, doesn't understand why the British government wants him and other elderly veterans ...
Kerry a familiar face on the world stage
Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's pick for secretary of state, is a familiar face to the world leaders vital to American interests. The son ...
Britain to award medals to Arctic convoy veterans
Britain says it will award a medal to veterans of the Arctic convoys that brought essential supplies to besieged Russia during World War II.
Macedonia's WWII veterans lament eviction
World War II veterans in Macedonia have protested in the country's capital, after the government evicted their association from a downtown building, ...
Egypt's military returns to the political fray
Egypt's powerful military, sidelined last summer by the newly elected Islamist president, edged back Saturday into a political fray boiling over with ...
Kosovo veterans protest against EU police
Hundreds of ethnic Albanian veterans of the Kosovo war say the European Union rule of law mission must get out of the country after last month's ...
Former veterans pay respect to victims in Bosnia
Veterans from opposite sides of the brutal Balkan wars of the 1990s paid their respects Saturday to the victims of the worst massacre in Europe since ...
Joy in Croatia as UN overturns 2 key convictions
Chanting "Victory! Victory!," waving red-and-white checkered flags and dancing in the streets, tens of thousands of jubilant supporters gave two ...
Croats anxiously await general's war crimes appeal
Thousands of Croatians on Thursday attended Masses and candlelight vigils for their hero, Gen. Ante Gotovina, as they anxiously awaited the outcome ...
Croatia: Prayer called for convicted war criminals
War veterans' organizations have called for prayers for two Croatian generals appealing war crimes convictions at a U.N. tribunal. The outcome of the ...
UK probes ex-brass who boasted of political access
Britain's defense ministry announced Sunday that it is investigating whether retired senior officers broke any rules after they were recorded by ...
UK soldier unexpectedly gives birth in Afghanistan
Hours after a British soldier in Afghanistan told medics she was suffering from stomach pains, the Royal Artillery gunner unexpectedly gave birth to ...
Korean War vet gets belated honors in Puerto Rico
A Puerto Rican retiree who served in some of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War received a belated appreciation Friday from the U.S.
Japanese journalist killed covering Syria fighting
A veteran Japanese war correspondent was shot and killed while covering Syria's civil war, her family and the government said Tuesday. Mika Yamamoto ...
Canada remembers Dieppe raid 70 years after
Canadian veterans of a doomed Second World War invasion that prefigured the D-Day landings by almost two years were among a delegation that traveled ...
Attack shows need for Pakistani Taliban offensive
The Pakistani Taliban's brazen attack on a major air force base near the capital underscores the need for the Pakistani army's planned offensive ...