When I took up a career in journalism a half-century ago, I accepted the task of using words responsibly. You can’t be sloppy with language if your goal is to be accurate; that is, you can’t ...

The Western Front of World War 1. Privates Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts stood guard in the Argonne Forest in the ...

After 60 years of service, Dr. Hugh V. Ashley Sr. — a beloved Cape Girardeau physician who witnessed a century of medical ...

Blood Tax,” an independent short film that was shot in the region, highlights the story of the World War I hero Henry Johnson ...

When it comes to American military history, few units are as storied and famous as the Harlem Hellfighters. Officially the ...

Letters to the editor can be submitted by sending an email to tuletters@timesunion.com or completing this form. See our guidelines on letters. Albany has an illustrious history, its city streets ...

On the night of May 1918, Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts were patrolling a bridge on the Argonne Forest's western side. Johnson, a black American soldier, had been dispatched to France in 1918 ...

During Post 246’s very first meeting 105 years ago, the veterans took on the name “in honor of the eighth ward boy … who lost his life in the Argonne forest,” the Minneapolis Journal ...

26, 1918. On Oct. 2, 1918, Whittlesey and his battalion were to attack north into the dense Argonne Forest with the 2nd Battalion of the 308th in support. Both units should have had about 800 men ...

Hundreds of men were pinned down in France’s Argonne Forest, surrounded by the enemy. They’d been fighting furiously for six days, and now they were taking friendly fire from their would-be ...

NEW YORK -- The American progress between the Argonne Forest and the Meuse River is now approaching the Grand Pre road which cuts the forest in two. This road will serve as a connecting line ...