The hard-fought Italian Campaign of World War II, which lasted more than a year, proved a critical element to the eventual victory in Europe.

A major horticultural project is underway at Normandy American Cemetery.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2015-2016 Understanding Sacrifice: World War II in the Mediterranean Teacher Institute program.

The Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I  ranks as one of America’s most significant battles in terms of  men and equipment engaged,  the numbers of dead and wounded, and the strategic consequences. More than 1.2 million  Americans took part in this 47 day offensive.

The Ypres-Lys Offensive of World War I, part of the larger Hundred Days Campaign, was launched in August 1918  to liberate Belgium and parts of northeast France.

The Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I is one of America’s most significant battles in terms of both men and equipment engaged, and in the number of dead and wounded. During this 47 day offensive, more than 1.2 million personnel were involved, and more than 26,000 men lost their lives.

Allied forces fought fierce battles up the boot of Italy during World War II. By the fall of 1944, after more than a year of arduous campaigning, Rome and most of Italy had been liberated. Learn more about these campaigns.

“Life started again,” said Hank Verouden, a 75-year-old Dutch man, as he stood on the grounds of Netherlands American Cemetery on Sunday explaining what it meant when the Americans liberated the town where he grew up in September 1944.

By the spring of 1945 Marie Mazzie, who was just  26-years-old, had lost her husband, Cpl. Patrick Mazzie, and her only brother, Pvt. Joseph A. Glassen, to World War II.