ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill.— Veterans who served in conflicts around the world in jungle environments gathered Wednesday, Sept. 8, to commemorate an Army division established exclusively for expertise ...

Exactly 70 years ago V-Day came to Cebu when the Victor II Attack Group of the Americal Division supported by the 7th Fleet’s Task Force 74 complete with 59 ships appeared off the coast of Talisay ...

Seventy years ago, the Victor II Attack Group of the Americal Division supported by the Seventh Fleet's Task Force 74 with 59 ships appeared off the coast of Talisay 6 kilometers from Cebu City for ...

A monument placed at Rock Island National Cemetery to honor the 23rd Infantry Division, known as the Americal Division, will be dedicated during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday. All those who served ...

John W. “Jack” Burns, age 89, a 43year resident of Oak Park, WWII Vet, 132nd Inf. Americal Div., retired from IRS in 1976. Beloved husband of Barbara J., nee Perry; loving father of Tom (Jane) of ...

The Allied Southwest Pacific Area Command stopped the Japanese advance at Guadalcanal in 1942 and began driving them out of the Solomon Islands. In the following year, it ordered the U.S. Marine 3rd ...

ARGENTA - Everett Smith has spoken very little about the time he spent as a soldier fighting with one of the Army's most storied units in the South Pacific during World War II. "It's hard to talk ...

A new monument fills a space along the Rock Island National Cemetery's Memorial Walkway, honoring an Army division deployed only three times during unique periods since its creation. Members of the ...