The National Interest

How Mortars Helped Stalin Crush Hitler in World War II

Here’s What You Need to Know: Heavy mortar proved successful for the Soviet Union. The mortar as an infantry support weapon has been in use for centuries, but it was during the Second World War that ...
BND

This Belleville soldier was awarded a Bronze Star. Now his feat is memorialized in bronze.

Thomas Nicholson didn’t talk about the night of Jan. 25, 1945, when he made repeated trips under German mortar and artillery fire to repair the communications line between his forward observation post ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

World War II veteran receives medals 77 years after heroism

CHARLOTTE, N.C.CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nearly 80 years after a German mortar wounded him as he fought along the Mussolini Canal in Italy, U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Marvin Cornett stood proudly in a ...
WRBL

Fort Moore access point memorialized in honor of Native American WWII hero

FORT MOORE, Ga. (WRBL) — Out of ammo, with a broken foot and under a German mortar attack, a Native American soldier managed to save a team of soldiers and capture and kill enemy forces. That soldier ...
The National Interest

The Red Army’s Used This Forgotten Weapon to Demolish Hitler’s Army

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Early on in the war when the Red Army was fighting for its very existence, Soviet military planners realized the usefulness of the rapidity with which the mortar ...