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WWII trenches hidden in a German woodland expose helmets vehicle wreckage and signs of a fierce frontline

Deep in a remote German woodland, a network of World War II trenches reveals a battlefield that time never fully erased. As ...
Newsday

WWII veteran's long-lost helmet in family's hands

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 ...
NBC Connecticut

WWII Helmet Returned To The Family Of A Connecticut Man

The family of a Middletown man got a unique gift this Christmas – his World War II helmet. And it came from an unlikely place – a group of Idaho high school students. Anthony Malone of Middletown, ...
NBC Connecticut

Students Return Army Helmet to Widow

An Idaho teacher and his students arrived at Mary Malone's home in Middletown Friday morning with smiles on their faces and a bright blue gift bag. Their mission: to return a World War II helmet to ...
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Why Weren't WW2 Combat Helmets Bulletproof?

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 ...
The Leader

Community spirit brings lost WWII helmet home to Mortdale

In a heartening display of community respect, a piece of community military history has been returned to its rightful place at the Mortdale RSL Memorial Park. St George and Sutherland Shire Leader ...
NPR

Study Finds Century-Old Combat Helmet Is A Superior Shield Against Brain Trauma

But a 2014 review conducted by a committee created by the National Academies' National Research Council notes that while the Kevlar-based ACH helmet is a significant evolution from its WWI ...