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Willie Charles Shaw has worn many hats. He’s served in the U.S. Air Force, an employee of the U.S. Postal Service and a city ...

A bear in the army?! Meet Wojtek, the soldier bear who fought alongside Polish troops in WWII. His story will amaze ... Farmer scores a hat trick as U.S. routs Canada in 2nd Reeve Hockey Classic ...

However, the hat has not been lost forever. Since WWII there have been various revivals: the Kangol hat came with the hip-hop ...

Revived after nearly 89 years, the historic Mitchell Trophy Air Race returned with a modern twist as the U.S. Air Force incorporated Agile Combat ...

TL Jarrell rang in his centennial year on Feb. 22 surrounded by loved ones. His many roles through life have included soldier ...

President Trump keeps saying he wants to “get” Greenland. On Tuesday, Greenland votes for a new parliament that could shape ...

Behind an unmarked blue door in London’s Chancery Lane, the historic legal district where Charles Dickens once worked as a ...

Nor would an offensive Caribbean island chain completely sever U.S. access to the Atlantic and Pacific, the way the first island chain—which encloses 100 percent of China’s continental crest—obstructs ...

It was one of eight such shelters built by the UK government during World War II in response to Germany ... connected the leaders of the United States and the USSR — and was put to use during ...