'Like Dante's Inferno': One Marine’s Experiences in Vietnam and the Battle of Hue Cpl. Charles McMahon was on a convoy entering Hue when the NVA seized the city. He spent the next month fighting through it...
Last of WWII Generation Fading Fast as Tributes Surge A 102-year-old D-Day rescue swimmer’s story resurfaces as officials warn fewer than 50,000 WWII veterans remain.
Milton 'Rip' Ripple, One of Last WWII and Bikini Atoll Atomic Veterans, Dies at 98 The Navy veteran, who served aboard USS Pollux in the Pacific, rendered a final salute at Pearl Harbor's 84th commemoration...
Senator References Bloodiest Battle in USMC History While Urging Attack on Kharg Island Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., drew sharp criticism from fellow GOP lawmakers after invoking the Battle of Iwo Jima while...
Chips the War Dog Stormed a Machine Gun Nest and Became WWII's Most Decorated K-9 A family pet charged an enemy machine gun nest during the invasion of Sicily, earned military decorations and sparked a...
USS California Sailor Killed at Pearl Harbor Identified 84 Years Later DPAA confirmed the identification of Seaman 1st Class Clyde McMeans, assigned to the USS California when he was killed. He...
The USS Liberty FOIA Lawsuit and the Fight Over a Secret 1967 Report A lawsuit seeks release of a secret congressional report on the USS Liberty attack. Survivor Mickey LeMay says he was never...
WWII Veteran Who Fought in Italy Interred at Arlington With Wife U.S. Army Cpl. Thaddeus Pecorak earned a Bronze Star during the Italian Campaign of WWII. He passed away in 2024 and was...
Muskets Crack, Drums Echo as Boston Marks 250 Years Since British Evacuation Reenactors in tricorn hats and 18th-century military coats filled a South Boston chapel Tuesday before firing muskets and...
WWII Marine Raider Missing for 83 Years in the Solomon Islands Finally Identified Pfc. Norton Retzsch, a Marine Raider from Cincinnati, went missing during a 1943 battle in the Solomon Islands. DPAA used his...
The Recruiting Surge Was Engineered. Can It Last in a War with Iran? The military’s recruiting surge didn’t happen by accident. New programs drove gains, but as the war with Iran grows...
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
Army Speeds AI Warfighting Push as US Troops are in Active Combat An Army test used AI tools to hit 15 targets in one hour, signaling a rapid shift in how battlefield decisions are made and...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-03/656655495_1365099878980092_6934010000484658669_n.jpg?itok=JwVInQMy "Milton 'Rip' Ripple (left) with "Rosie" Delphine Klaput and WWII veteran Robert Hartline. (Pacific Historic Parks)")
