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The Iron Cross is one of the most widely recognised military decorations throughout the world. The story behind its origins ...

The soldiers -- Staff Sgt. Markus Geist, 28, and Master Sgts. Jan Berges, 29, Alexander Dietzen, 33, and Henry Lukacz 28 -- were half a kilometer (mile) from a German ambulance struck by a suicide ...

Plans to revive the Iron Cross for first time since World War II stir up debate. PASSAU, Germany, March 25, 2008 — -- An initiative by Germany's Secretary of Defense Franz Josef Jung to ...

Sen. Ross Bass, Tennessee Democrat, a World War II bombardier shot down by the Nazi Luftwaffe, commented here today on a new teen-age fad featuring the wearing of Iron Crosses and swastikas. Noting ...