Harold Russell was a U.S. Army soldier best known for his role as a wounded U.S. sailor who lost both hands in the 1946 film "The Best Years Of Our Lives." Russell was not a professional actor ...

Harold Russell, the disabled World War II veteran who garnered two Oscars for his single performance in the 1946 Acad best picture “The Best Years of Our Lives,” died of a heart attack Jan. 29 ...

It has been 43 years since Harold Russell leaped from the silver screen into the hearts and minds of Americans.A double amputee who lost his hands in a World War II training accident, Russell was ...