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Throughout history, certain inventions have changed daily life so significantly that it becomes difficult to imagine the world before them. READ MORE ...

Today, on Memorial Day, communities across the country pause to honor the men and women who died while serving in the United States military. READ MORE ...

Alison Higginbotham turns thirty-seven years old on June 2, 2025. She is not a businesswoman, does not lead an organization, and does not have a college degree. Read more on BY Local News by clicking on the photo.

A United States Signal Corps photograph connected to the recent identification of a World War II soldier in Worms, Germany, has been added to the National Archives and Records Administration Catalog. READ MORE ....

My parents were both Louisiana Cajuns, and morning coffee was a family ritual. Mother usually prepared it, but Dad frequently made coffee, too. READ MORE ...

AP Photo / James Pringle. Historical /Sensitive Content Notice: This post contains a wartime image that may be graphic and sensitive to some viewers. The photograph and accompanying article are presented strictly for historical documentation and identification purposes. For more than 80 years, a fallen American soldier in one of World War II’s widely circulated photographs remained unnamed in the image itself. Through recent historical research, his identity has now been confirmed. This article shares the story behind the photograph, the research that led to the identification, and the historical context surrounding the moment it was taken. → READ MORE ...

This article is dedicated to "Soldier John Smith" and to all soldiers who gave their all. "Soldier John Smith", (a fictitious name) was killed in action during World War II, and was photographed in an AP photograph that went viral across the United States newspapers in 1945.

Captain Steven Logan Bennett, a 1964 graduate of Youngsville High School in Youngsville, Louisiana, was posthumously awarded a Medal of Honor for sacrificing his life to save the life of the Marine Captain Michael B. Brown, who was the artillery observer in the backseat of his plane on June 29, 1972.

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