Americans are reminded of the deep emotions of wartime holidays today in the ironically idyllic words of "White Christmas." The World War II anthem is so powerful it became, and remains, the most ...

Throughout December, the 29th Division’s front was “quiet,” meaning that there were no large-scale combat operations in their sector, but artillery was fired back and forth across the Roer, and German ...

Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth. On December 16, 1944, Nazi Germany launched an ...

Seventy-six years have passed since Christmas Day, 1944, but the haunting memory of that lonely holiday still brings tears to the eyes of Herman Beaty. At age 18, he was thousands of miles from home, ...

Not even Scrooge was mean enough to throw stones at Christmas trees. But last week in Berlin. East German Vopos pegged rocks at the twinkling colored lights strung on some 800 Christmas trees set up ...