Military History

The remains of World War II U.S. Army Pfc. Robert Bryant were buried with military funeral honors at Park Hill Cemetery in Bloomington on Saturday. Bryant was killed in action while searching for wounded rangers from his unit in September 1943.

After 82 years, Robert L. Bryant, a Bloomington man who went missing in action during World War II, has been identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency confirmed his identification on Sept. 18, 2024.

Some worry about the militarization of police agencies nationwide as tactical units, automatic weapons, body armor, and armored vehicles proliferate to cities across the nation. A noted scholar who will appear at Illinois State University on March 28 said that's really nothing new.

Alpheus Pike campaigned in the eastern theater of the war and, after two years and nine months of service, was captured in May 1864 at a battle near Drewry’s Bluff in the Bermuda Hundred campaign and was sent to a notorious Confederate prison camp.

Saturday the Prairie Aviation Museum opens the hatches to more than a dozen planes and helicopters. Guests have commented that the airpark rivals some of the country's best aviation museums.

The U.S. Army has made the mayor of Normal a distinguished member of the 506th Infantry Regiment, a designation given to those who preserve the history and traditions of the unit.

A woman from Normal is marking the anniversary of D-Day by sharing her late husband's story.

After her passing in 2015, Irene Mischler left a trust in memory of her brother Charles Mischler to be used for economics and history materials. The…