On the eleventh of November 1918, the most deadly conflict the world has seen up until that point was coming to an end. Over 9 million combatants had died, and the total death toll exceeded sixteen ...

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.

Jul. 12—WORTHINGTON — The search for the last living Civil War soldier buried in Nobles County ended in a volley of ceremonial gunfire honoring Private Reuben Hurd Sunday at Worthington Cemetery — and ...