WWII Soldier's Remains to Head to Texas
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More than 60 years after his plane disappeared during World War II on a mission to raid a Japanese base, an Army Air Corps soldier's remains are coming home.
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They are foreign enemies buried thousands of miles from home, but they are not forgotten. Less than a week after U.S. soldiers were honored during Veterans Day, dignitaries on Wednesday are to gather and salute the hundreds of thousands of German prisoners of war taken to camps in the United States during World War II &#151; most of them in the South.
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Spurred by technological strides like DNA matching, some families hope to find the remains of World War II soldiers.
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Hans Seitz has sold engraved pewter plates and cuckoo clocks to U.S. soldiers for years. Now he fears some of his best customers may be going if two U.S. divisions pull out of Germany.
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By Art Chapman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Dec. 16--There is a movement in Austin to transfer a number of state historic sites from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the control of the Texas Historical Commission.
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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Spread across several tables in a vast warehouse here are the pieces of one soldier's life.
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A soldier identified partly through dental records and a 1944 newspaper clipping found in his billfold was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday, more than a half-century after he was killed in action in North Korea.
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An Air Force officer who was shot down and killed in the Vietnam War has been buried, more than 38 years after his death.
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Spouses of British forces killed overseas between 1914 and 1967 are to get free trips to their loved ones' graves.
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ALBUQUERQUE, Dec. 25 -- Pvt. Jeremiah Jensen, on leave from Iraq, had his car stolen at gunpoint just days before Christmas. Pfc. Robert Ruiz was injured by a booby trap in Iraq a few days after Christmas last year. For both Albuquerque soldiers, ill holiday fortune turned to hope and joy because strangers reached out to them this year.
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The cremated remains of a toddler who authorities say was beaten to death by her mother and stepfather and dumped in Texas' Galveston Bay were flown to Ohio to be buried this week.
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Legal procedures are under way to decide the fate of US Army Sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins, accused of deserting to North Korea four decades ago, a US Army official said Monday.
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In the Rio Grande Valley, an area known for both blended cultures and intense U.S. patriotism, National Guard soldiers recently back from Afghanistan are taking stock of President Bush&#039;s plan to use their ranks to patrol the Mexican border.
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In his calls and notes from Iraq, Army Pfc. Kristian Menchaca told relatives about his dangerous assignment at military checkpoints. His family is now hoping for the 23-year-old Houston soldier&#039;s safe return after learning he was one of two servicemen missing in Iraq after an insurgent attack.
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AUSTIN, Texas - A retired Texas National Guard official mentioned as a possible source for disputed documents about President Bush's service in the Guard said he passed along information to a former senator working with John Kerry's campaign.    Also Saturday, a White House official said Bush has reviewed disputed documents that purport to show he refused orders to take a physical examination in 1972 and did not recall having seen them previously...
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As Americans battled in Iraq, President Bush went to Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday to honor those now in combat, those who served previously, and those who &quot;did not live to be called veterans.
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Former Pantera guitarist &#39;Dimebag&#39; Darrell Abbott will be remembered by family and fans today in two services in Arlington, Texas.