Army Sergeant Major's Chelsea Boots Turn Heads as Service Mulls Allowing Them for Rank and File
Every year, the “who’s who” of the Army gathers at the Association of the United States Army conference in Washington, D.C. It’s a chance for service officials to discuss the future of warfare and new efforts to take care of soldiers. But one of the top topics of the show wasn’t a new weapon, or […]
POW Gets a Pair of Jump Boots, the Best Gift a WWII Vet Could Want
ROCHESTER, Minn. — For Albert “Ken” Axelson, April 2 has always been a very special day. Axelson, a World War II combat medic, turned 21 on the same day he was liberated from a Nazi prisoner of war camp in 1945 in the waning months of the war. The two anniversaries have been intertwined ever […]