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Alvin York was a peaceful, religious man who in World War I distinguished himself in battle. This article looks at his role in the war.

The members of this all-black unit distinguished themselves in the First World War, but their efforts were not appreciated when they returned to the United States.

Women secretly served as couriers, code breakers, intelligence analysts and spies behind enemy lines for America's Office of Strategic Services.

Audie Murphy was the most decorated United States combat soldier in World War II.

Cher Ami was one of hundreds of homing pigeons used by American forces in France during World War I. A war hero, he saved what remained of the 77th Infantry Division.

Visitors who plan to explore the little Victorian town of Rugby can find plenty of nearby fun activities on a vacation in Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau.

Believing that art education comes from within the soul, Pippin rose from poverty to become one of America's best-known black painters.

A glimpse of James McCudden, with 57 victories he was ranked fourth in the list of British Aces, only to lose his life in a tragic accident.

Lucien Lelong was a French fashion designer whose beautiful clothes inspired society women of the twenties and thirties.

Release of 750,000 pages of top secret files will shed light on forerunner to the Central Intelligence Agency and the jobs that Julia Childs and nearly 24,000 agents did.

Read about the wartime career of the most decorated member of the First AIF. His incredible bravery on the Western Front. He rose from Private in 1914 to Lt.Col. in 1918.

With the 90th anniversary of the most famous World War I battle now here, few realize the site of Sgt. Alvin York's heroic 1918 stand was located by researchers in 2006.

From a fractured and rebellious childhood Nancy Wake would rise to become one of World War Two's most decorated servicewomen.