As WWII came to a close, American soldiers returned home not just with stories, but with tangible pieces of history. From ...

Re-enactors who portray German and Allied soldiers at Rockford World War II Days. “There is a lot of baggage in doing a German impression,” says Dave Fornell, of Elgin, a lead organizer of ...

Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.

A 300-year-old painting that went missing for 80 years has been returned to a German museum. The artwork was stolen by an American soldier during World War II.

During the Battle of the Bulge, three Americans, one severely injured, came to a remote cabin. Then lost German soldiers showed up. So they shared a meal.

A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 years after World War II.