World War I is often remembered for mud, trenches, and stalemates. But underneath that ugly surface, the war was really a giant laboratory where new weapons crashed into old tactics and forced the ...

The world's last known combat veteran of Word War I died on Thursday at age 110. British-born Claude Stanley Choules--nicknamed "Chuckles" by his comrades in the Australian Navy-- was always modest ...

From community tree dedications and summer camp plaques to towering monuments and grand museums, World War I remembrances sprawl across the United States, seeking to remind Americans of a defining yet ...

At 10:59 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, a German machine gun crew fired a burst of rounds at approaching Americans. One bullet struck 23-year-old Pvt. Henry Gunther in the left temple. He died instantly.