Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brig. Gen. Bruce C. Clarke should have been on leave in Paris, enjoying a well-earned break from the nearly constant combat he’d ...

CHIEVRES AIR BASE, Belgium – Staff Sgt. Sean Whittaker, a member of the Air Force honor guard at Chièvres Air Base, is used to representing the U.S. military at World War II remembrances in Belgium.

When Germany launched its surprise Ardennes offensive in December 1944, speed was essential to the plan. Instead, the small crossroads town of St. Vith became a stubborn obstacle. American infantry, ...

When Germany launched its massive Ardennes offensive in December 1944, speed was essential to the plan. Yet the small Belgian town of St. Vith became a stubborn obstacle. A relatively small American ...

Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri, 2019.. Pp. xxv, 350+. Illus., maps, diagr., appends., notes, biblio., index. $26.95 paper. ISBN: 0826222226 The Defense of the ...

Private First Class Joseph Gaherty of Lee served in the 106th Infantry Division with at least 12 other Berkshire residents. We had basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Our division strength ...

American Soldiers man a Dug-In Mortar Emplacement near St. Vith, Belgium sometime in January of 1945.

Clarke’s defense of St. Vith blunted and delayed the surge of enemy forces which formed the Germans’ main attack strength. (Salis/National Archives) Brig. Gen. Bruce C. Clarke should have been on ...