Born in Dwight, Nebraska, on Nov. 23, 1919, Kouma worked on his family’s farm until June 1940 when, taking note of the growing war clouds in Europe, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He chose to train for ...

The enemy’s collapse came with avalanche swiftness. On Tuesday his resistance still seemed determined. The high command in Tokyo announced the capture of Seoul, but within the battered capital fierce ...

From the T23 prototypes came the T25 and T26, early U.S. tanks armed with 90 mm guns and built to counter Germany’s Tigers.