John Raaen, now 102, was among the first to land at Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. (Courtesy of WWII Veterans History ...

Robert W. Boynton, 19, a West Aurora High School graduate, was murdered after his plane was shot down in Germany in 1944.

Each year on Aug. 12, a small community in France holds a memorial ceremony to thank a Dixon man, an American soldier who was killed overseas during World War II while fighting to secure their freedom ...

Kristallnacht was one of the darkest events to occur in the lead up to the Holocaust and World War II. Occurring on the night ...

Veterans Day is a reminder of those who serve their country. For Barbara Moeller, it's also a reminder of an uncle who made ...

Gerri Eisenhauer's father, Army Pvt. William Walters, was shipped off to World War II before she was even born. In 1944, her ...

Photographs of three Leeds soldiers killed in the Netherlands during World War Two have been discovered in library archives and placed at their graves. Leeds librarians uncovered newspaper photos of ...

Thinking back to the missionaries who first came to her family’s home in West Germany, Gisela Wood said: “Heavenly Father ...

Outdoor writer and photographer Corbet Deary is featured regularly in The Sentinel-Record. Today, Deary takes readers on a journey to Rohwer Relocation Center.

The Polish pope, canonized by Francis in 2014, demonstrated throughout his life that faith and peaceful resistance could ...

BERLIN -- Tens of thousands of people celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago in Germany's capital on Saturday with open-air concerts, art installations and official events commemorating ...

What To Do In Blackpool This Weekend? Sitting on Sundays or being a couch potato on Saturdays is definitely a boring plan. Move out and make memories. Discover the best things to do this weekend in ...