VERNON, CT — There's an exhibit at the New England Civil War Museum and Research Center that shows vividly how powerful some of the weapons were during the conflict — and how unique one Connecticut ...

KEY WEST, Fla. -- A landscaping crew about to grind a tree stump discovered 30 World War II mortar shells buried on property once owned by the Navy. A worker hit and broke one of the shells Friday, ...

It is a custom-fitted case for a mortar round and fits into a fearsome gun that my father David M Kinsler helped design during World War II when he worked at the secret Aberdeen Proving Grounds in ...