Once lost to time and rust, this M40 helmet was pulled from the battlefield and painstakingly restored. Every step reveals a ...

After the helmet was signed, Tarter and Sylvia James, the widow of Lt. Col. Leon James, a battalion commander of the 314th Field Artillery Brigade and an honorary member of the World War II ...

Believe it or not, helmets reinforced with metal were used by the Sumerians and Akkadians as far back as 2300 B.C.E., and Mycenaean Greeks used bronze helmets (typically quite heavy) in 1700 B.C.E.

During World War II, Earl L. McCorkle from Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, was fighting the Germans while trying to cross the Rhine River. But it was during the Battle at Remagen that he lost his helmet.

This helmet survived a war but nearly lost the battle with time. Covered in deep rust and flaking metal, it was carefully preserved and restored to honor its past.