Fighting spread over 6 months in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest during World War II. (Courtesy photo) The 28th Infantry ...
The Hürtgen Forest campaign ended with heavy losses and little strategic reward. Its brutal terrain, attrition, and lasting memorials made it one of the U.S. Army’s longest and most painful battles in ...
KILLEEN, Texas — The Army’s 4th Infantry Division landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, and had already suffered several thousand casualties by the time it began the Battle of ...
November 4th, 1944. Lt. Raymond E. Fleig of Company A, US Army’s 707th Tank Battalion, leads a platoon of M4A3 Shermans up a ...
In 1944, Pvt. Jacob "Bud" Pennegar was a clerk in an army that desperately needed infantrymen. So three months after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the 19-year-old from Pennsylvania stepped off a ...
Sara Powers is a digital producer for CBS Detroit. A Detroit native, Sara has been covering local topics such as breaking news, politics and entertainment for CBS Detroit since 2021. (CBS DETROIT) - ...
Journey with "War Stories" to Germany's Huertgen Forest when we take you to the scene of one the fiercest, bloodiest and least known battles of World War II. From September of 1944 until February 1945 ...
As part of a longer story about military reenacting, I spent the weekend in Enfield, NC at Hurtgenwald IV, a tactical event hosted by the 116.Panzer-6.Kompanie Living History Group. A tactical event ...