Members of the public and dozens of lawmakers gathered Thursday at Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill as Congressional Gold Medals were awarded to five Army Rangers who served in World War II.

It was also useful against Viet Cong bullets and shrapnel. (U.S. Army/Spc. Frank R. Sullivan III) So those unclasped chin straps dangling from helmets look so cool in both World War II and Vietnam ...

But even the M1 "steel pot" helmet made from manganese issued in 1942 for WWII (and remained in service until the mid-1980s) wasn't meant to be bulletproof. Its primary goal was to deflect ...

Honoring America's WWII "Ghost Army" 01:22 Washington — Members of the Ghost Army, a top-secret military unit credited with saving thousands of Americans during World War II using distraction ...

The Army uniforms will honor World War II troops, while the Navy will pay tribute to astronauts from their academy. ... The back of the helmet has the 48-star flag used during WW2.

An American paratrooper who became a legend in Belgium during World War II for carrying beer in his helmet to give to the wounded has died, the Army’s 18th Airborne Corps said Thursday.

Helmet pulled from mud of Rhine River reunited with World War II soldier's family 80 years later 03:06. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It is a reunion 80 years in the making.