In 1945, while recovering from an ankle injury he got while skiing in Bavaria, Doctor Maertens discovered that a new use for ...

From rifles to machine guns, WWII soldiers had an arsenal of deadly weapons. Discover the firepower that shaped history!

When the outlook for Britain looked bleak during World War II, a cadre of Americans organized to send their personal firearms to England.

OL's former shooting editor Jim Carmichel explains the history — and American shooters' attitudes toward — key service rifles ...

The Library of Congress preserved recordings from Marine Corp combat correspondents at Iwo Jima that included interviews with ...

The U.S. Military still has guns in use that were developed in the late 1970s to over 100 years ago. Of course, the military ...

When World War II broke out, many nations were using the same weapons as they had used in the previous war. However, by the ...

Bob Dyson served in World War II, building runways in Burma and India. Dyson celebrated his 105th birthday on Sunday in Springfield.

Increasingly alarmed that U.S. security priorities lie elsewhere, a group of European countries has been quietly working on a ...

If there is one thing militaries worldwide have learned, unnecessary expenses can lead to lost lives. As a result, there ...

Two Springfield firefighters, Eli Davidson and Jeff Weeks, are premiering their second documentary about the war in Ukraine. The documentary, "Gold Fields In Donbas," follows a Ukrainian family ...

Late February will mark three years since Russia invaded Ukraine, and Springfield firefighters Eli Davidson and Jeff Weeks will head back to the war-torn country for the third time. The duo has ...