The background: In March 1945 the 4th Armored Division of Patton’s Third Army rested, out of breath, on a bridgehead along the Main. Some 50 miles northeast, near the town of Hammelburg ...

Within days, Patton's Third Army had relieved Bastogne, and to the north, the 2nd U.S. Armored Division stopped enemy tanks short of the Meuse River on Christmas. Through January, American troops ...

Beloved long-time Palos Park resident Rich Olund was honored Monday at a Veterans Day homecoming. Olund, who just turned 100 ...

Private First Class Clarke E. Krivanec went missing in action on Dec. 20, 1944, four days into the bloodbath that became the ...

Truly a member of the Greatest Generation, Tony was an American officer in Patton’s Third Army and was captured ... He was a member of the 94th Infantry Division Association where he served ...

New Haven native Milton M. Collins served a vital role in the fight to defeat Nazi Germany. The U.S. Army also gave him the chance to tap dance with a famous movie actor.

All who shall hereafter live in freedom will be here reminded that to these men and their comrades we owe a debt to be paid ...

as a Liaison Agent in the 7th Armored Division under General George Patton’s 3rd Army and General Bradley’s 1st Army from Normandy, France to the Baltic Sea. He was awarded numerous medals ...

Gen Patton, who commanded the vast US Third Army, had arrived in Lower Peover in January 1944 with his troops and had made nearby Peover Hall his headquarters. His units would train nearby for ...

2nd Division, 1st Army Corps National Museum of American History Designating Flag, Chief Quartermaster, 2nd Army Corps National Museum of American History Designating Flag, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, ...

In late 1943, his outfit joined Patton’s 3rd Army in England. They arrived in France in mid-July 1944 with the responsibility to keep munitions flowing to a number of front line units.