War has been part and parcel of humanity since the proverbial beginning of time, and people have clad themselves in protective gear and armor for thousands of years. Helmets worn in combat are not a ...

You have to admit, troops from World War II, Korea and Vietnam looked pretty cool in those old photos. Our loved ones in combat zones, carrying their weapons on their shoulders and wearing their ...

When German soldiers captured Glen Cove native Rocco DiLeo during a battle near Dornot, France, they knocked the sergeant's helmet off with their rifle butts. Sixty-nine years later, the helmet -- a ...

The Tin Helmet was given to my father,by a soldier of the BEF after he was rescued from the beaches at Dunkirk. In June 1940 I was 7 and remember seeing a crowd of soldiers at the bottom of my street.